TikTok's Viral PEANUT BUTTER BREAD | Recipe

From the Great Depression comes this most lovely, simple, and tasty idea.

•• 1932 Great Depression Recipe ••
- 2 Cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 1 & 1/3 Cup milk
- 1/2 Cup peanut butter
Mix together dry ingredients. Add in milk & peanut butter, combine. Bake at 325ºF for ~1 hour, 10 minutes.

•• 1945 RECIPE ••
- 2 Cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 tsp baking powder
-1/2 Cup Sugar
- 2/3 Cup peanut butter
- 1 Cup milk
Sift together flour, baking powder, & salt, then combine with peanut butter & sugar using fingertips. Add in milk, mix lightly. Bake at 420ºF for ~ 35 minutes.

•• MY PEANUT BUTTER BREAD RECIPE ••
- 2 Cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 Cup peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 Cup white sugar
- 1 Cup sweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp baking SODA
- (optional 1 cup of: nuts, chocolate chips)

METHOD:
1.) Whisk together flour, salt, & baking powder in a large bowl
2.) Add peanut butter to the flour mixture, combine with fingertips until uniform. (add optional additions)
3.) In a separate bowl, whisk together egg & sugar until light & fluffy
4.) Incorporate applesauce and milk to the egg mixture
5.) Add baking soda to the wet ingredients, stir briefly, then immediately add to the dry ingredients. Mix until barely combined
6.) Quickly turn into an oiled/buttered loaf pan and bake at 350ºF for 1 hour - 1 hour, 10 mins. Or until a toothpick inserted to the centre removes cleanly.

NOTES:
- Be sure to not cover your loaves until completely cool, lest they become soggy.
- These recipes will not work very well with natural or non-emulsified peanut butters.
- All recipes tested in a 9x5 loaf pan
- I am baking at 7,200 feet. Your 1932 & 1945 loaves will look a lot nicer than mine. My recipe was also tested at sea level (thank you mom), no alterations were needed.

Mentioned Channels:

[greentheryno]

Dylan: "I don't know what I'm doing."

Also Dylan: "Here's this beautiful custom peanutbutter bread recipe that I developed myself."

[augustaimperatrix]

I'm very happy that there's another longer video. I just love listening to you speaking. Don't get me wrong, I love your yelling too, but (now we get to the weird compliment part of this comment) I really like your active vocabulary. It's just a joy listening to you talking about things you care about :)

[TankyCrobat]

I bought your book thinking that my mother would appreciate all the old baking recipes in it. She most certainly did. However, the first thing she decided to make first out of it is the peanut butter bread. She has never seen any of your content, but her immediate response was that she hasn't had it in forever, thanks to her mother growing up in the GD. She looked at the recipe and said it looks about right and went off to the store to get a bread pan lol. That sounds like an old person's response of approval to me

[Ghotstnep]

I do love how eloquent and well spoken he is, and his delivery smooth and relaxing. I could see him on a cooking channel.

[GlenAndFriendsCooking]

Thanks for the shoutout B. Dylan! You're doing a great job!

[charleneclose]

Dylan, Darling - It's not the recipes that make your videos so popular, sweetie, it's YOU! You are an absolute delight to watch, and your "frenetic" Tik Tok videos are HILARIOUS!!!

[joshuabliven]

So, I made your version of this recipe and loved it so much. I wanted to make it again, but I had an idea. I substituted some of the applesauce with over ripened bananas. I used 2 bananas and one cinnamon applesauce cup out of a six pack you can get at any store pureed together. That way the acid still activates the baking soda, but adds natural banana flavor to it. It tastes just like biting into a peanut butter and banana sandwich. Highly recommended, however, my loaf came out a bit dark so maybe try 50 mins instead of an hour and go from there checking with a toothpick.

[disaace]

I do have to say I love both sides of Dylan- your zany chaotic short form content provides pure hilarity with quick wit but your short form content seems so warm and welcoming, like a culinary Mr. Rogers wanting to just tell stories and teach us things all while baking delicious goods.

Worth subscribing for, indeed.

[Coagulantmass]

Fun fact: Applesauce works really well as a binder and, as you say, a "floofer". It's used in lots of vegan recipes as a replacement for eggs.

[rebeccaspringer]

Dylan Hollis is the Bob Ross of baking. How absolutely delightful.

[hadenclaire]

Peanut Butter is honestly such an underrated ingredient for baking. I remember the first thing it baked (because I still occasionally make it) was simple 3-ingredient Peanut Butter cookies: just mix 1 cup peanut butter, 1 cup white sugar, and 1 large egg. Then dollop onto a pan and bake at 350 for 10 minutes. It's such a simple recipe but turns out so great!

[jockfanshaw]

Tbh, the fact that you got a good working recipe in only 7 tries is surprising. There are professional test kitchens that take months and hundreds of iterations to get a product right. So, bravo.

[itsyaboiguzma]

Dylan when he is in shorts: *I SNORTED A BAG OF COCAINE AND A BAG OF GUNPOWDER, LETS ROCK*
Dylan when he is in a youtube video: _Hello my beautiful darlings, today we are baking a delightfully sweet recipe_ .

[patmaurer]

For any bread you're unhappy with: cube it and let it dry in the oven; use for bread pudding, or in place of vanilla wafers in banana pudding! Or dippers for chocolate fondue. I've also used my mandolin to slice disappointing cake super thin, toast in the oven for just a few minutes--biscotti thins! :-)

[alexia]

You know I think you're going to be the person to actually get me to cook/bake something. I've avoided it my entire life because I'm intimidated but dangit I do want something that tastes good that I can make from stuff I have in my own kitchen. Your insistence on cooking being accessible is really relieving

[tsabanski]

Since a stronger flavor is linked to the combined density of particulates, watering down your peanut butter through the process of adding to the wet first is breaking down the peanut butter enough that you're no longer getting dense particulates of peanut butter. Mixing it with the dry ingredients first makes little tiny protected "clumps" of particulates that are harder to dilute when adding the wet ingredients, so you get stronger flavor notes throughout.

[lauralittlemark]

I love how suave and calming his presence is when he's not yelling to ingredients.. I really hope he makes more videos like that for the most successful recipes! I bet his friends really appreciate his experiments, even the bad ones, anyway, I'd be delighted to have a friend with such fantasy in the kitchen!

[bryantretheway]

As an ex-pastry chef, I love your philosophy on baking! It doesn’t have to be the penultimate of its kind, it has to taste good and bring enjoyment!

[BenofLaMancha]

Honestly I genuinely love these actual, full length videos more than the 20 second long shorts. Your voice when calm and unhurried is really soothing, and I learned so much. Definitely cheered me up on a very bleak morning.

[Chewystein.]

Your TikToks grabbed my attention, but these long form videos are perfect. The way you explain things with a perfect mixture of zazzle and education, plus your soothing voice as you walk us through the recipes, it’s just plain good. It’s refreshing.

Also, do you have the WAVES cookbook from 1941? If not, I do and would love to share some recipes out of it. My grandmother made one in it and it’s pure perfection.