Recipe adapted from RecipeGirl
Let me just say that I love Nutella. It’s sad, but I had to travel all the way to Germany to discover it for the first time. One of our friends there asked if I wanted to try it, so I asked her what it was. When she told me it was “sort of like a chocolate-y peanut butter”, I was instantly smitten! I don’t think it can really get much better than that. I remember thinking how incredibly it was, and how we really should get it in America 
. You can imagine my dumbfounded-ness when I later see it in my grocery store once we were back in the states!
Back when I first started the blog I had a Nutella banana bread on my list to make, and it seems I have finally gotten around to it. My initial plan was to just swirl the Nutella through my usual banana bread batter, but when I saw this recipe I knew it would be even better. The Nutella is actually mixed into a portion of the banana bread, then swirled together with the original batter. Because of the sour cream used this banana bread is always very moist, and this was no different. The Nutella and banana flavors both compliment each other really well without either being overpowering. Between this and the caramel toffee version, I don’t think I will ever just make plain banana bread again. Enjoy!
Nutella Banana Bread
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1/2 cup salted butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp cinnamon
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
Dash of salt
3 over-ripe bananas, mashed
¾ cup Nutella
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In medium sized mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and sour cream, then cinnamon, flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Save bananas for last. Place nutella in a small bowl and microwave for 20 seconds. Stir until smooth. Add one cup of the banana bread batter into the nutella and mix well. Place large spoonfuls of batter into a greased 8 x 4 inch loaf pan, alternating between the banana and nutella batters. Swirl the two batters together with a knife. Bake 60-65 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
~I’m sharing this recipe over at Recipe Swap Thursday and Sweets for a Saturday~
LOVE Nutella so I dig the idea of adding it to this recipe!
How could you not click on this post? I mean Nutella….in banana bread!?! YES!
That bread looks lovely. Banana with nutella should taste nice too
Wow, after seeing that I’m not so sure I’d ever want plain banana bread again either. I’d love a piece of that. I’m starting a new linky on my blog called “Sweets for a Saturday” and I’d like to invite you to stop by and link this up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/01/sweets-for-saturday-1_21.html
Nutella should be in its own food group. I love it too and this bread looks amazing.
Thanks so much for linking this up with Sweets for a Saturday. I truly appreciate your support. I hope you’ll be able to join me again next Saturday. By then, I’ll have a cute button that you can grab and add to your post.
My first experience with Nutella was in Paris in 1999. I remember searching high and low for it once I got back to the US, and it was impossible to find. Now it’s everywhere (and I couldn’t be happier!) I have a ton of bananas in my freezer right now, and I think I know just what I am going to do with them. I saw this post on Sweets for a Saturday and had to stop by.
I saw this on Sweets for a Saturday – it looks delicious! I have some overripe bananas and some Nutella on hand so I’m going to have to give these a try soon – thanks for sharing it!
Um, YUM. Chocolate and Bananas is certainly amazing, but NUTELLA AND BANANAS?? Yes, please!!
Also, I wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the Stylish Blogger Award. You do a great job with your blog!!
Oops! See you’re nomination and how to accept it here: http://lacasitainspirada.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/the-color-yellow/
OMG! This looks so good. You just can’t go wrong with nutella.
Great way to jazz up banana bread!
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This looks amazing! All your recipes do, in fact. I can’t wait to make some of them!
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This should make TWO loaves, right? There is no way all that batter fits into just one eensie weensie little loaf pan!!
Minda, it filled my 8×4 pan to the top, so I dumped it into my 9×5 pan. It looks like it is the perfect amount for that size pan. I’ll try to remember to post an update when I take it out of the oven.
Thanks for the crappy instructions. I will be spending the rest of the night cleaning up my oven. 2 loaf pans right???????????????????????????????????????????