Nutella Swirled Banana Bread

Adam Janowski
Adam Janowski @polishkitchen
Jeffersonville, Indiana

Better than putting a swirl of Nutella on a slice of banana is finding the Nutella already swirled in your banana bread. This a little messy to eat, but oh so delicious!

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 minutes
8 people (or 1 person over 8 days. Yum!)
  1. 2 cupsall-purpose flour
  2. 1 teaspoonbaking soda
  3. 1 teaspoonbaking soda
  4. 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  5. 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  6. 1 cup (2 sticks)unsalted butter at room temperature
  7. 1 cup (2 sticks)unsalted butter at room temperature
  8. 1 cupgranulated sugar
  9. 1 cupgranulated sugar
  10. 2large eggs
  11. 2large eggs
  12. 1 teaspoonvanilla
  13. 1 teaspoonvanilla
  14. 4overripe bananas, mashed (about 1-1/2 cups)
  15. 4overripe bananas, mashed (about 1-1/2 cups)
  16. 2/3 cupcoarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
  17. 2/3 cupcoarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
  18. 1 cupNutella
  19. 1 cupNutella

Cooking Instructions

1 hour 30 minutes
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan and set aside.

  2. 2

    Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.

  3. 3

    Using an electric mixer beat the sugar and butter until fluffy. Add the eggs, then the vanilla. Beat until well combined. Stir in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Fold in the mashed bananas until just combined. Stir in walnuts.

  4. 4

    Spread one third of the batter evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spoon one third of a cup of Nutella over the batter in the pan and then swirl through the batter with a table knife. Place one third of the remaining batter evenly over the first layer and swirl with one third of a cup of the remaining Nutella. Spread the remaining batter evenly over the top and top with the remaining one third of a cup of Nutella. Swirl through the batter with a table knife.

  5. 5

    Place loaf pan on a baking sheet and bake for 60-70 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the pan for at least 30 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

  6. 6

    Do not slice banana bread until completely cool---at least 3 to 4 hours or overnight.

  7. 7

    NOTE: Sometimes after the bread is cooled, I chill it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. This helps the Nutella harden a bit and makes for a less messy eating experience. Either way it is delicious!

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Adam Janowski
Adam Janowski @polishkitchen
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Jeffersonville, Indiana
I am a retired school library media specialist living in southern Indiana. I spent a number of years working in schools around the world and have lived in Germany, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Japan. I enjoy travelling, reading, and eating great food. I especially enjoy the challenge of re-creating dishes that I discover when I read a book. My last creation based on a book was a “Waves of the Danube” cake which was mentioned in "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks. It was absolutely decadent and delicious. I have always been in love with cooking and pie baking comes easy to me. I find that baking soothes me in times of stress. The first time I bake something I always follow the recipe exactly to see how it turns out. Afterwards, I will analyze it and make changes if I feel that the recipe could use some tweaking before I make it again. My cooking skills come from my Polish American family roots in Detroit, Michigan and its suburbs. My brother and sisters are all great cooks and they absorbed many of the lessons learned while they were growing up. Check out my blog. Find it at http://apolishkitchen.blogspot.com
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