Nutella Banana Bread – soft homemade banana bread swirled with chocolatey Nutella.
Nutella Banana Bread
Rich and creamy Nutella is the perfect pairing for homemade banana bread. A simple classic banana bread recipe with a decadent chocolate swirl in the middle and on top makes it extra special. This is the perfect recipe to kick off the cozy baking season and the best part is this banana bread is even better the next day, so it’s perfect to bake ahead or as a gift.
Ingredients for Nutella Banana Bread
- All-Purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Table Salt
- Ripe Bananas
- Milk
- Vanilla Extract
- Butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Nutella
How to Make Nutella Banana Bread
Preheat Oven and Prepare Loaf Pan
- Preheat oven to 350º F.
- Spray 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Combine Dry Ingredients
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
Cream Together Butter and Sugar
- Beat butter and sugar together, then add in eggs.
Combine Wet Ingredients
- Stir together bananas, milk, and vanilla.
Combine Wet and Dry Ingredients
- Alternately add flour mixture and banana mixture to creamed butter and sugar. Mix just until combined.
Add the Nutella
- Swirl in two layers of Nutella and bake.
Recipe Tips
- For best results mash very ripe bananas and measure. The recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas. I found this to be about four small bananas or three large bananas.
- Use fresh baking powder and baking soda. Older baking soda and baking powder can cause a flat loaf.
- Avoid over mixing. Quick breads should only be mixed until combined and it is ok of the batter is still lumpy.
- For best results, use a light colored loaf pan. A darker colored pan will cause the banana bread crust to be darker.
- Stir the jar of Nutella well before using. I prefer to use a freshly opened jar. Sometimes and older jar settles too much and gets very thick at the bottom.
- Use a toothpick or a butter knife to swirl the Nutella into the batter.
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Nutella Banana Bread
Servings: 12
Equipment
- 9×5 aluminum loaf pan
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon table salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups very ripe mashed bananas about 3 large bananas
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup Nutella divided
Instructions
- With oven rack adjusted to the middle position, preheat oven to 350℉. Spray loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and line with parchment paper. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
- In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer set to medium speed. Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time until incorporated.
- In another medium sized bowl, stir together mashed bananas, milk, and vanilla extract.
- With mixer turned to low, alternate mixing in flour and banana mixture. Starting and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until combined scraping sides of bowl as needed.
- Transfer half of banana bread batter into loaf pan. Swirl 1/3 cup of Nutella into batter. Top with remaining batter and finish by swirling remaining 1/3 cup of Nutella on top. Bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let loaf cool in pan for about 15 minutes, then use parchment paper to remove banana bread from pan and let cool on wire rack.
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Adding Nutella to the bread was a genius move! This is my new favorite!
The Nutella Banana Bread was heavenly! The swirl of Nutella throughout the moist banana bread was pure perfection. It was hard to stop at just one slice!
This turned out so good! Made it for family brunch, my sister loves Nutella. Super moist and rich.
My kids really liked this bread! I’ve made it twice now and it turned out so good! My new favorite breakfast or snack to make for my family!
Adding nutella to banana bread is my new favorite way to make banNutellaana bread! The taste is amazing