Today on Twitter Maria, Two Peas and Their Pod, and Jenny, Picky Palate, were tweeting about all the wonderful things everyone’s been baking up with pumpkin lately. I bought a six pack of cans of pumpkin from Costco last month, but hadn’t found time to bake with it yet. Maria suggested making Pumpkin Nutella Bread, which sounded like a perfect idea and I headed into the kitchen.
Last May I made a fabulous Banana Nutella Bread, but I remember wishing that the Nutella was swirled throughout the bread instead of just swirled on top. (Okay, I may have even spread some Nutella on a slice or two.) So I decided to adapt my favorite Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread recipe and do layers of Nutella swirled into the batter instead of chocolate chips.
I used a large ice cream scoop and spread three scoops of batter in the bottom of the loaf pan, added three little scoops of Nutella and swirled it in. I topped it with three more scoops of batter, three more scoops of Nutella swirled in and spread three more scoops of batter on top of the Nutella. I had concerns that the Nutella might be heavier than the batter and sink to the bottom, but the Nutella stayed nicely in place and I ended up with a beautiful swirl of Nutella throughout the bread.
I baked my Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Bread in my beautiful pumpkin pan I won last year from Jenny, Picky Palate! This bread is moist and tender and sweet and delicious. It makes a great after school snack but it’s also sweet enough to serve for dessert.
Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup butter soften
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 16 oz can of pure pumpkin
- ½ cup Nutella
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray two medium loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray, or four/five mini loaf pans (5 ¾ x 3 ¼ x 2 ¼. Don't fill more than ⅔ full.)
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, spices, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer cream the butter and the sugar until fluffy, about two minutes. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add the pumpkin and combine well.
- Add the dry ingredients stirring until just combined.
- Layer ⅓ of the batter into the bottom of 2 loaf pans, swirl in a couple scoops of Nutella, do another layer of batter and another layer of Nutella and top with the remaining ⅓ of the batter.
- Bake side-by-side for about one hour or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. (Bake 35-40 minutes for the mini loaves.)
natalie (the sweets life)
I made Maria’s pumpkin nutella bread and we went crazy for it! Love that you swirled yours in the middle-it looks great! If you need more pumpkin ideas, I just made pumpkin baked oatmeal http://www.thesweetslife.com/2010/10/pumpkin-baked-oatmeal.html and pumpkin butterscotch cookies http://www.thesweetslife.com/2010/10/pumpkin-butterscotch-cookies.html
I also made the pumpkin granola bars that Maria just posted and those are fabulous as well!
Marly
Can something be too pretty to eat? Maybe not, but this is really close! Great pics!
April
Pumpkin and Nutella together?? Holy Yum, is all I can say to that!
lori
A perfect bread, from the pan to whats inside. YUM
Joanne
Nutella and pumpkin in every bite sound like the perfect combination to me. What a delicious quickbread. I need to make it soon.
Lina
i love nutella anything. this looks just about perfect!
sameena
Hi Barbara,
Thanx for writing…just subscribed…I loveall your recipes…:)
Love baking…dont get time as iam a dentist…weekends i try!!:)
Dr.Sameena@
http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com
Gabriella
Ciao
Questo pane alla zucca e nutalle mi sembra perfetto per i miei nipotini, che adorano la nutella…ma forse anche per i miei figli anche se sno già grandi..
Buona giornata a presto!
Stephanie Miskew
Oh Lord that looks good! I must try your recipe ASAP – thanks for sharing:)
cool lassie
Gorgeous bread and looks too beautiful to eat. Umm umm good!
Sue
BEAUTIFUL loaf Barbara!
Joy
That looks so good. I saw that pan, I was very tempted to buy it.
Megan
I need to make some pumpkin bread. Yes, I said “need”.
And I have that same pan!!! It’s my favorite loaf pan and maybe the fuel to my “need”. 🙂
Nutella huh?
Katie@Cozydelicious
What a combo! Pumpkin and nutella… two of my favorites in one bread! Amazing!
megan
Oh my gosh Barbara! Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better – you post this!
Lora
Just beautiful Barbara. I love this idea.
Asha@FSK
Now I see what you were tweeting about today! :)).. Love the impressions that the pan left on the bread!
naomi
What a great combination. I love nutella and pumpkin, the two in one is heaven!
Rosa
OMG, I am drooling! That is a devilishly scrumptious combo. It can’t get any better.
Cheers,
Rosa
Maria
So glad you liked the bread. Love the pan!