Pecan Banana and Nutella Swirl Slices

Posted 2015-09-02 by finy ⇒ follow

Recently I bought my first jar of Nutella in many years, and it is a large jar, the contents of which I am slowly using in recipes!

I am now doing recipes with Nutella and discovering how well this product goes with many different foods, both sweet and savoury.

This is baked in a square pan and cut into slices and is delicious and moist, and combines the tastes of banana and chocolate with the added crunch of pecan nuts.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes
Makes: approx. 20 slices

Ingredients
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
60 g unsalted butter
1/3 cup coconut sugar
1 large egg
½ tsp vanilla
1/3 cup buttermilk
3 ripe bananas, mashed
¼ cup Nutella
¼ cup pecan halves, toasted

Method

Preheat the oven to 165° fan forced, and put baking paper or spray a 20 x 20 cm tin with oil.

Bake or toast the pecans till they start to brown -about 5 - 10 minutes.

Break them in half when cooled

Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Beat in the egg and vanilla until well combined.

Add the buttermilk, and dry ingredients alternately on a low speed, and starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Beat only only until it is mixed and not longer.

Add the mashed banana until combined.