Nutella Swirl Banana Muffins - The Not So Creative Cook

What’s so special about Nutella? Well, aside from I love nuts, I also love chocolate. (That’s obvious!) And Nutella makes anything perfect. And eating Nutella alone is even more perfect. And… I don’t think I’ll have to tell everything I love about Nutella. Nutella lovers would agree with me all the way. 😉

Though I haven’t tried Nutella on everything, I know anything with Nutella is perfect. One of the things I’ve always wanted to try is Banana Muffins with Nutella. Well, I have tried spreading Nutella on Banana Muffins, but I haven’t tried putting some at the top of the batter just before baking them. I bought a not-so-big jar of Nutella and before they’re gone – and I have some ripe bananas – I think it’s just right to make some Nutella Swirl Banana Muffins. 😉

Nutella Swirl Banana Muffins

• Servings: 12 muffins
• Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients:

• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup sugar
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• ¼ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• 12 spoons of Nutella

Instructions:

1. Preheat your oven to 400 F. Line a 12 piece muffin tin with muffin liners and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, add the first 5 ingredients and mix until all combined.
3. In another bowl, add the rest of the ingredients. Then add it to your wet ingredients.
4. Using a large ice cream scoop (or tablespoon) divide the batter into your muffin pan.
5. Take 1 spoonful of Nutella and put it on top of the batter and using a toothpick or wood skewers (or anything that would help), swirl around the Nutella. Do with the remaining batter.
6. Bake for about 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
7. Remove from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack.

Notes:

• You can also put Nutella in the middle of the batter: scoop batter into muffin liners, half-full. Put spoon of Nutella (or less) and cover with another muffin batter. Do the same with the rest or just Nutella swirl for the others – it’s up to you.
• For better swirling, microwave the Nutella for few seconds (15 seconds will do) before using.

I’ve used the same Banana Muffins recipe I have on the blog. As I’ve said a hundred times, I am using the recipe over and over again. I loved the Nutella swirl on top, especially the burnt one. 😀

But, let me tell you another combo I am crazy about – Nutella and cheese, specifically cream cheese and cheddar cheese. Sometimes, when I don’t know what I really want in bread – if Nutella or cheese – and I want only one slice of bread… well, I put a spoonful of Nutella on one side and cheese on the other. 😀

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