My roommate went out of town last week and left me with a bundle of ripe bananas that she didn't want to waste. My initial reaction was to make banana bread. I mean, what else are you going to do with all those bananas? Make a smoothie? Or ice cream?! (I just searched my own blog for "banana" and realized I actually have a number of banana posts... Who knew?!) I hastily looked up a recipe at work and found this Nutella one. I went with it and the rest is history.
Ingredients (1 9-inch loaf)
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups mashed ripe banana
6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1/2 cup Nutella
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups mashed ripe banana
6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1/2 cup Nutella
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat together the mashed banana, butter, sugars, and vanilla until creamy and well combined (about 2 minutes). Beat in the eggs until combined (another 2 minutes). Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture until just combined.
Divide the batter in half into another bowl. Stir in the Nutella until combined.
Lightly grease a 9" loaf pan. Alternate spoonfuls of the two batters into the loaf pan. Swirl the batter gently. Bake for 1 hour or until well risen and a toothpick inserted into the bread comes out with moist crumbs attached.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat together the mashed banana, butter, sugars, and vanilla until creamy and well combined (about 2 minutes). Beat in the eggs until combined (another 2 minutes). Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture until just combined.
Divide the batter in half into another bowl. Stir in the Nutella until combined.
Lightly grease a 9" loaf pan. Alternate spoonfuls of the two batters into the loaf pan. Swirl the batter gently. Bake for 1 hour or until well risen and a toothpick inserted into the bread comes out with moist crumbs attached.
Original recipe from Sugarplum.






