World Nuttela Day – Nutella Banana Fantails

Nutella (Proper Noun) – The only reason to buy bread

-Author Unkown

The above qoute is something I totally believe, Nutella according to me indeed can bring world peace 😉

I know this post is really delayed but when I looked at my drafts I felt like posting it anyways… I am gonna keep it short and crisp, I baked these for the World Nutella Day on Feb 5th

Like I said I am gonna keep this post short and sweet and come down to the recipe straight 🙂

Recipe – Nutella Banana Fantails

source – Cupcake Project

Makes about 12 normal size cupcakes or 8 jumbos

What I used

• 2 tbsp active dry yeast
• 1/3 cup warm water
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 ½ cup whole wheat flour
• 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup Nutella
• 1 over-ripe banana, cut into pieces
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp vinegar (a tip I picked up from chinamye’s blog)

How I made it

• Mix in flour, cinnamon powder, salt, buttermilk, and butter.  Stir until the dough starts to come together.
• Add the yeast, sugar, vinegar and warm water to the above
• Start  kneading the dough and knead it until the dough is smooth and elastic, I like to knead it either on the countertop of using the dough hook of my machine. If you use the countertop and knead by hand it will take about 8-10 minutes of kneading. In the machine you need to knead for about 5 minutes.
• At the end nicely oil the dough and keep in a bowl, cover the bowl with cling wrap and leave it in a warm place to rise until doubled in size (mine took about an hour and 20 minutes)
• Once the dough has risen, punch the dough down and knead again for about 2 minutes, leave it for resting for about 5-10 mins.
• Now roll the dough into a rectangle and cut into even strips. (just like we did for the tomato butter and bacon bread)

• Spread Nutella on top of the first strip.  Spread chopped bananas, Top with second strip and repeat with all the other strips

• Cut the layered dough into 12 sections of equal length (if using the normal pan)
• Turn each section onto its side and place into a depression in a greased cupcake tin.
• Leave the cupcake tin in a warm place and let the dough rise for another hour or so
• Preheat oven to 180C.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until it begins to brown.
• Serve warm.

The little green paper you see there is a boat O made and asked me to put it there as a food prop 😉

And ow I will tell you my secret tip/indulgence… when the jar of Nutella becomes empty like this I pour a couple of milk in it, a dash of cinnamon powder, heat it in the microwave and yes gulp it down before anyone sees me 😀