Did you know that a jar of Nutella is sold every 2.5 seconds?! And that approximately 1.35 million pounds of Nutella are produced every day!! Crazy, right? While this Nutella Banana Bread was baking, I got a little curious about Nutella and here is what I learned …
It all started with a chocolate shortage during World War II. When chocolate was rationed it became a rare, pricey commodity so founder Pietro Ferrero added hazelnuts to extend the cocoa supply and Nutella was born!
For years, Nutella was free for Italian children. Shops all over Italy honored a BYOB (bring your own bread) policy where kids could bring in their own slice of bread and get a complimentary spread. Nice!
I know my boys would never leave the house without a piece of bread–haha! We are big fans of Nutella at our house, thats for sure! It is GLUTEN FREE (yeah!!) and incredibly tasty on anything from toast to pretzels (my personal favorite)! Last week I tried to add it to some banana bread and …oh my…the Nutella Swirled Banana Bread was seriously DELISH! I actually whipped a gluten free loaf up too for my boys with Celiac disease. We all LOVED the addition of Nutella!
I put a few slices in the freezer to send with my husband for a quick breakfast on the go and to slip in my boys school lunches. This was a big hit with my family and fun little spin off on classic banana bread. It is always fun to change things up and you know you can’t go wrong with Nutella!
What are your favorite ways to eat Nutella?
If you need any ideas…I have a couple of suggestions for you!
Have you tried…
Peanut Butter and Nutella Cookies?
3 ingredient Nutella Fudge Brownies?
or slathered inside these Creme Filled Crepes?
Am I missing any fabulous ways to enjoy Nutella?! If so …please share!!
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Happy Friday sweet friends! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
xoxo
Melanie
Nutella Swirled Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups mashed ripe banana
- 1/3 cup buttermilk, milk, sour cream or plain yogurt
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ¾ cup Nutella
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9 x5-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda & salt.
- In a separate large bowl, beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until blended.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana, milk and vanilla. Mix until blended.
- Add flour mixture, beat at low speed just until flour is incorporated but DO NOT OVERMIX!
- Spoon Nutella into a small dish and soften in the microwave for about 15 seconds. Add 1 cup of the banana bread batter to the Nutella and stir until blended well. Spoon Nutella batter alternately with plain banana bread batter into the prepared pan. Swirl batters together with a knife.
- Bake 55-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean. Cool for at least 15 minutes in the pan, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
recipe adapted from Nutella Everyday
Source of interesting Nutella facts: Uselessdaily.com
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