Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.  Grease a 5 x 9 loaf pan.

1. Cream together the sugar and the softened butter in a mixing bowl. Add the eggs and beat well. Add in the vanilla extract and cinnamon and stir.
2. Add in the peanut butter and blend well.
3. Next add the bananas. If you like your bread non-chunky, mash the bananas thoroughly in a separate bowl before adding them to the batter. You can puree them in a blender or food processor. Otherwise add the bananas broken up by hand to the batter and mash in the bowl. Stir well.
4. Finally, add in the self-rising flour and stir. If you like you can add in about a cup (more or less to taste) of chocolate chips. Feel free to experiment with other add-ins: butterscotch chips, raisins, etc.
5. Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan and bake for about 80 min. Cover with foil after about an hour to prevent it from browning too much.
6. Remove to a cooling rack once a toothpick (or fork) inserted into the center of bread comes out clean. Be careful not to overbake.