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The other night I was surfing Pinterest (I know, shocker) and looking for more inspiration for blog posts when I saw a pin from American Heritage Cooking for Nutella-swirled banana bread. One of my favorite snacks is graham crackers spread with Nutella and topped with banana slices, so I figured this banana bread would be right up my alley! I pinned it to my Breads and Spreads board (which you should totally check out and follow if you are a carb lover like me.) When it came time to make this bread, I used my own favorite banana bread recipe from an old Better Homes and Garden cookbook and just added the Nutella. Yep. Pretty much ruined plain old banana bread for me forever.
Banana Bread with Nutella Swirls
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2-3 bananas, depending on size) I like them before they get too ripe-just starting to get spotted all over
- 3/4 cup sugar , plus 1 tbsp
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/2 cup hazelnut spread , divided (Nutella, Jiff spread, etc.)
Instructions
- Grease the bottom and sides of a loaf pan with butter and then sprinkle with 1 tbsp of sugar. Shake the pan pan to distribute the sugar around the bottom and up the sides. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Make a well in the center of the mixture and set aside.
- In another bowl, combine the egg, bananas, sugar and oil. Add all at once to the dry mixture.
- Stir until moistened (it will still be lumpy)
- Pour half of the batter into the pan. Drop spoonfuls of Nutella on top of the batter and using a knife or skewer, draw it through the batter to create swirls.
- Cover with the other half of the batter and drop the remaining Nutella by spoonful on top. Once again, draw a knife through the spread to swirl the chocolate spread and the batter together.
- Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out nearly clean. Allow to cool completely before removing from the pan.
Notes
When I sliced into my bread, I got a pleasant surprise. Somehow my chocolate swirls became a happy smile, inviting me to gobble up this tasty bread! 🙂
See? Happy bread!
I got the cute little loaf box and ribbon from Pick Your Plum (affiliate) the last time they had a clearance sale. You never know what they are going to have in stock, but there’s something new and fun every day!
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Christina @ Juggling Real Food and Real Life says
Hi Nicole! I love banana bread and the addition of the hazlenut spread and chocolate would be so good. I have some bananas that are ready to go.I can never have enough chocolate!
Kim says
I never would have thought to mix those two together, but what an inspired idea! Sugaring the bottom of the pan is a great touch, too. It adds a nice additional layer of yumminess. Pinned this for the next time I make banana bread, and have shared it with a relative who ADORES Nutella.
I love your tagline about not pinning unless you are going to try it. 🙂
Visiting from Let’s Get Real
Nicole Burkholder says
Thanks for visiting! I really love the extra touch of sugaring the pan, too. Thanks for sharing and enjoy your banana bread 🙂
Pure Grace Farms says
This looks lovely. I have ripe bananas ready to go and nutella sitting in my cupboard. Looks like I have a little cooking to do. Thanks for sharing. (stopping in from Let’s Get Real)
Blessings,
Shari
Nicole Burkholder says
Yep, time to get baking! 🙂 I love that banana bread is so quick to put together when I’m craving something sweet!
christine says
Oh yum Nicole. It’s funny, I had thought of trying to get Nutella into my banana bread, but wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to do it.Love the swirl idea. Cute presentation, too!
Nicole Burkholder says
Thank you! I saw those bread boxes on Pick Your Plum and I couldn’t wait to use them! Nutella and banana bread is something you should definitely try! 🙂
Lindsey @ American Heritage Cooking says
I’m so glad you used my post for inspiration! The smile is totally adorable! I’ve made a banana bread from an old Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook (it’s one of my all time fav cookbooks, btw) and I loved that one too, so I can only imagine that yours was delicious! As a fellow Pinterest addict, I just followed, like, half of your boards! 🙂
Nicole Burkholder says
Thanks for following, and thank you for visiting! I don’t hear from my “inspiration” links very often, so I appreciate that you stopped by. I would have tried your recipe for the bread, too, but I didn’t have any buttermilk and didn’t feel like taking the step to make it. 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration!
Lindsey @ American Heritage Cooking says
Of course! No worries about not trying the bread – it was amazing but there are plenty of other delicious banana bread recipes out there and this one was, let’s be honest, all about the nutella! lol! Thanks for linking up…a lot of times “inspiration” post don’t do the courtesy even though I always do 🙂
Jessica (Savory Experiments) says
Looks amazing! I have a jar of Nutella sitting in the pantry with this recipes name on it!
amy @ one artsy mama says
ohhh! I bet that’s amazing! I love banana chocolate chip bread, so I bet this is even better!
Nicole Burkholder says
Honestly, I toyed around with the idea of adding chocolate chips, too 😉