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.)
Erika Beth
Pumpkin and nutella? I never thought of that as a combination. I would have thought it weird, until I saw your post. Yum!
Amanda
OMG Barbara you are killing me! Looks so fabulous!
Jamie
LOVE the pumpkin pan and I also gotta say that I used to make a chocolate chip pumpkin bread but this looks so much better! Yum! Taste please!
Cooking On A Dime
What a delicious approach to pumpkin bread and chocolate. I am drooling!
blackbookkitchendiaries
oh wow! this sounds amaizing. i cant wait to make some of this soon.thank you for sharing this. and, just love your loaf pan:)
Tiffany
Oh my… that looks yummy indeed… I’m a girl, but sadly, I don’t even know how to turn on the oven. 🙁
JG
I’ve never tasted Nutella. I like the shape of your bread pan and the bread looks delicious!
Chef Bee
Looks nice and moist. I like nutella but I have nut allergy kids. Maybe mix in a little bit of chocolate chips? Thanks.
Plan B
Becca@Baking Monster
Yum!! I need to make this!
Barbara
Pumpkin bread I love….Nutella not so much. What’s wrong with me??? I have to be the only person in blogland who doesn’t love Nutella.
take in paris
Beautiful Nutella swirls you got there.. Using ice cream scoop sounds convenient… and really really adore the baking pan.. and how moisted the cake looks 🙂
Sawadee from Bangkok,
Kris
Megan Gordon
Unrelated, but just noticed how many “Megan’s” have commented on this post…clearly we all love pumpkin and Nutella! I never, ever considered using the two together and I’m so excited to try this. Thanks for the great inspiration!
Reeni
The bread is dreamy Barbara! The more nutella the better! Your pan is really pretty too.
Rocky Mountain Woman
I am so all over this one! It’s supposed to snow up here this weekend, so I’m thinking a trip to Costco for baking supplies is in order!
Eliana
It looks glorious Barbara. And what a nice pan too!
Tanvi
That is one of the most gorgeous bread I have ever seen..pumpkin & chocolate flavor is a bomb idea & is your bread pan…beautiful beautiful beautiful!!!
pigpigscorner
Awesome combo! I made pumpkin cheesecake with nutella swirl once, YUM!
Blond Duck
My husband would drop to his knees if I made this for him.
deeba
You take the humble pumkpin to dizzy new heights GF…Nutella swirled through? Yes please! YUM!! Congrats on the win … love the pan!
marla {family fresh cooking}
LOVE that there are not one but 2 layers of Nutella in this pumpkin bread. The pan is so pretty too, lucky you to have won that from Jenny.xo