PEANUT BUTTER BREAD with BACON

If you want to make everyone in your house happy then bake this bread.

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tablespoon butter, melted
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup chopped unsalted roasted peanuts
16 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled (about 1 cup)

Cream peanut butter and butter in a large mixing bowl. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; stir. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture, stirring well.
Combine milk and egg; add to creamed mixture, stirring to combine. Stir in peanuts and bacon. Pour batter into a greased 9X5X3-inch loafpan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool on a wire rack.
Yield: 1 loaf

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul.”~John Muir