Pumpkin Nutella Bread

I'm completely obsessed with food blogs. I have about 9 or 10 that I check almost daily. I enjoy reading the blogs, but it is also bad because they all make the most delicious things that I become obsessed with making. All week I had been thinking about a recipe I saw on Two Peas and their Pod and finally made the pumpkin nutella bread after dance on Friday night. I wasn't paying attention when I made it and accidently poured the entire can of pumpkin in instead of 1 cup. I decided the easiest fix was to just double the recipe. Good thing we both ended up loving this bread because we ended up with a ton of it. If you like nutella and pumpkin you have to try this. It was absolutely delicious and the perfect fall treat.

Pumpkin Nutella Bread

adapted from www.twopeasandtheirpod.com

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1/3 cup water
1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 package vanilla pudding
8 tablespoons Nutella (2 tablespoons per mini loaf)

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 4 mini loaf pans with cooking spray. Set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, water, pumpkin, eggs, and extract. Whisk until smooth and combined.

4. Slowly stir in the flour mixture. Add the pudding mixture. Mix until ingredients are combined.

5. Pour the batter into the mini loaf pans, making sure batter is evenly divided. Drop 2 heaping tablespoons of Nutella onto each loaf pan. Swirl the Nutella into the pumpkin batter with a knife. Place the loaf pans onto a baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

6. Place the loaf pans on a wire rack. Cool for 15 minutes in the pan and then carefully remove the loaves. Cool completely before slicing.

*Note-You can make regular size loaves. This recipe should make 2 8x4 loaves. Adjust baking time to about 60 minutes.