Nutella Cream Cheese Filled Banana Bread

Nutella Cream Cheese Filled Banana Bread

 

 

Every Sunday morning I make Liam breakfast for the week. We are NOT morning people so something we can just grab and go works best for us! He normally requests a quiche or biscuit sandwiches, but I have been trying to change it up a bit. He could seriously eat the same thing every day for the rest of his life and be fine. He eats the same thing for lunch everyday even though I have asked him a million times what else he wants, he just shrugs at me and says nothing.

This last Sunday as we were having breakfast together, I brought up the idea for a Nutella cream cheese-filled banana bread. He looked at me like I was insane but finally agreed to give it a try. After breakfast, I sat down to figure out how to make my idea actually work. I didn’t want it too sweet and with adding the Nutella I knew I had to cut back on the sugars. I came up with a recipe and hoped it would work so I didn’t have to make the kid a quiche when I was done.

 

 

It. Was. Delicious!!! It is so soft and moist, and my official taste testers just loved it! Just look at that layer of Nutella…I said LOOK AT IT!!!Yummy!

 

 

I really love using coconut oil in breads, but if you don’t have any on hand, you can always use vegetable or canola oil. I wouldn’t recommend using butter for this recipe; you really need the oil for the bread to be soft and moist.

I really hope you make this and enjoy it as much as we did!

 

Nutella Cream Cheese Filled Banana Bread

Ingredients:

Bread

3 small ripe bananas (mashed)

1 egg

¼ cup light brown sugar

¼ cup granulated sugar

¼ cup coconut oil (melted)

¼ cup plain Greek yogurt

1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

pinch of salt

Filling

4 ounces cream cheese (softened)

½ cup Nutella

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with floured cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, mix egg, brown sugar, granulated sugar, coconut oil, yogurt and vanilla extract.
3. Add the mashed bananas and mix until incorporated.
4. Add remaining ingredients of flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
5. In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese and Nutella using a hand mixer until smooth.
6. Add half the banana mixture into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with a spatula and pushing into the corners.
7. Evenly pour the Nutella mixture over the bread, smoothing down with a spatula.
8. Pour the remaining bread batter over the Nutella mixture, smoothing down and pushing into the corners. Make sure to fully cover the Nutella mixture.
9. Bake for about 45 to 50 minutes or until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
10. Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 15 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.