Delicious homemade Nutella Banana bread with honey. Easy recipe for breakfast or a quick snack. Top with sliced almonds.

Nutella Banana Bread on a baking wire rack.

Surprise! It’s one of the rare occasions on Just One Cookbook to have baked recipes featured back to back. I’ve been swamped lately, and I haven’t had the time to write new Japanese recipes that I’ve cooked and photographed.

With the busy schedule, I still try to find time to make and provide my children as many homemade snacks as possible. The Banana Bread I shared a while back is one of their favorites and I’ve given it a twist with this delicious Nutella Banana Bread.

Nutella Banana Bread on a baking wire rack.

Back in August, I won Grandpa’s Honey giveaway at Tutti Dolci. I typically buy honey from Trader Joe’s but I had been looking for really good honey. This honey was a wonderful discovery – the flavor is so rich, and it has a smooth silky texture and has a nice fragrance to it.

Grandpa's Gourmet Honey in a jar.

Look at this beautiful golden color of honey… Hmmm, so good!

Grandpa's Gourmet Honey 2

I’m really hooked on this delicious honey and to thank Laura at Tutti Dolci for this gift, I made this Nutella Banana Bread with this honey, adapted from her Almond Butter Banana Bread.

A sliced Nutella Banana Bread on a plate.

Can you smell the  Nutella and banana combo? Yum… Hope you will enjoy making this for your breakfast or tea time.

I baked this bread in the morning but couldn’t photograph it before my daughter came home from her preschool. After lunch, we did the photoshoot session together.

Nutella Banana Bread on a plate.

She was a pretty good assistant, but she insisted that her food styling was photographed. It’s a good memory of our photoshoot sessions together. 🙂

Nutella Banana Bread and a cup of coffee on a wooden table.

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Nutella Banana Bread

5 from 5 votes
Delicious homemade Nutella Banana bread with honey. Easy recipe for breakfast or quick snack. Top with sliced almonds.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 1 (9" x 5" or 23 x 13 cm) loaf

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (plain flour)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • tsp allspice
  • cup Nutella (5 Tbsp)
  • ½ cup honey (8 Tbsp)
  • 4 ½ medium banana (1 ½ cup or 450 g of mashed banana)
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 1 large egg (50 g each w/o shell)
  • ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp almond extract

Topping:

  • 2 Tbsp sliced almonds
  • 1 ½ tsp turbinado sugar
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Instructions
 

  • Gather all the ingredients.
    Nutella Banana Bread Ingredients
  • Preheat oven to 350°F (177ºC). For a convection oven, reduce cooking temperature by 25ºF (15ºC). Spray a (9" x 5" or 23 x 13 cm) loaf pan with nonstick spray and place a sheet of parchment paper on the bottom.
    Nutella Banana Bread 1
  • Whisk all the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and allspice) together in a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the mixture.
    Nutella Banana Bread 2
  • Combine Nutella and honey in a small bowl and heat in the microwave until melted, (about 30 seconds) and cooled slightly.
    Nutella Banana Bread 3
  • Combine mashed banana, buttermilk, egg, and extracts in the medium bowl.
    Nutella Banana Bread 4
  • Add cooled Nutella-honey mixture in the medium bowl.
    Nutella Banana Bread 5
  • Add to flour mixture in the large bowl and stir just until combined.
    Nutella Banana Bread 6
  • Pour batter into the greased loaf pan and top with almonds and turbinado sugar.
    Nutella Banana Bread 7
  • Bake at 350°F (177ºC) for 50-60 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through. The bread is ready when an inserted skewer in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool completely.

To Store

  • Wrap the bread well and store at room temperature up to 2 days, or in the refrigerator up to 4 days. To freeze, wrap tightly in foil or freezer wrap.

Notes

The recipe was adapted from Tutti Dolci.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 loaf · Calories: 2565 kcal · Carbohydrates: 487 g · Protein: 49 g · Fat: 55 g · Saturated Fat: 32 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 6 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 12 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 199 mg · Sodium: 2330 mg · Potassium: 2764 mg · Fiber: 27 g · Sugar: 257 g · Vitamin A: 763 IU · Vitamin C: 40 mg · Calcium: 657 mg · Iron: 19 mg
Author: Namiko Hirasawa Chen
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: banana, nutella
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Nami, thank you sooooo much for this recipe. To say it’s delicious would be an understatement. It’s so moist, just the right sweetness with crunchy almonds on top. Yum!5 stars

Hi, Maryna! Thank you very much for trying Nami’s recipe!
Nami and all of us at JOC are happy to hear you enjoyed the texture and flavor. Yes! Nami also likes crunchy tops!😁 Happy baking!

Hi Nami,
Could I use kefir or cream instead of buttermilk?

Your blog was my discovery two weeks ago, I love that you provide step by step instructions and not ommit some things as obvious (as my mom does. .. Trying her recipes was challenging as a beginner) and I can’t wait for going back to the city and trying some of your recipes (no access to Japanese ingredients at the moment).
Thank you for sharing with us.

Hi Nami! This Banana Nutella bread is so delicious. …..Very very nice combination Nutella and honey… Nobody hates Nutella. Thank you for sharing this recipe. ????

Hi Nami,

Can I opt out some of the ingredients like allspice and cinnamon for this recipe.By the way what is allspice? thks

Hi Nami,
How are u?
What temperature do u bake the mixture at? Please advise.
Thanks!

Regards,
Cindy 😉

Hi, I tried making this today but the top came out uneven and ugly. Would you be able to tell what’s wrong?

Thanks for prompt reply, Nami. Yours is perfect compared to mine hehe. I used top flour instead of plain flour. Does if affect anything?

Can I substitute nutella to peanut butter?

Hi,
I made the Nutella Banana Bread 2 times today. 1st time i used homemade buttermilk – mix milk with vinegar… disastrous! Tasted like uncooked flour inside. Then 2nd time, I used milk only but somehow it did not taste sweet enough for me. Is it because my bananas are not ripe enough?

Hi Nami,

Love your blog!!!

anyway, was just wondering if you have recipe for making almond leaf biscuit? those that you see very often in Japan International Airport in gift boxes.

I got them recently from there and LOVED the taste n how light that biscuit taste.

Thank you

Hi Nami,

This Nutella Banana Bread is absolutely a great combo. I loved your daughter’s lil friend in the photograph (very cute)! I love Nutella and I can’t wait to try this recipe. I was recently in Paris on my honeymoon and saw Nutella filled on the shelves.

yummy :)… i’m so gonna try this… btw i live n travel quite a bit in Europe and Nutella def. isn’t withdrawn from the shelves in Germany, France, Belgium nor Spain. 🙂