Fantastic Swirled Nutella Pumpkin Bars
Nutella pumpkin bars are something you may not have thought of trying but believe me they are delicious. Pumpkin goes with so many things as an addition to cookies, part of a pie, and of course these bars.
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When Did Nutella Come About?
After World War II, Nutella® was a smart solution to a tricky problem: the shortage of cocoa supplies.
A pastry maker Pietro Ferrero, from Piedmont in Italy, imaginatively created a sweet paste from hazelnuts, sugar, and just a few rare cocoas. He made it into the shape of a loaf that could be cut and put on bread, and he named it ‘Giandujot’ after a local fair character famous at the time. On May 14th, 1946, Pietro Ferrero originally founded the company.
Pietro Ferrero founded the delicious ‘Giandujot’ paste into a new product that you could quickly put on bread. The new combination was named SuperCrema (the precursor to Nutella® hazelnut spread).
Michele, Pietro Ferrero’s son, applied his unprecedented idea, and, by experience, he made the recipe better and invented the first-ever jar of a new hazelnut and cocoa cream. The new creation, however, was still didn’t have a name. So he put his thinking cap on again and invented the term we’ve all come to love: Nutella®.
Swirled Pumpkin Nutella Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cup flour
- 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ½ cup Nutella
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 9×13 baking pan with Pam baking spray.
- Using a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs 1 at a time until combined.
- Beat in the pumpkin and vanilla until combined.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt until combined.
- Gradually beat the dry ingredients into the wet.
- Spread half of the batter into the pan.
- Using a small spoon, drop dollops of Nutella onto the batter.
- Using a butter knife, swirl the Nutella into the batter.
- Spread the remaining batter onto the bottom half.
- Drop more dollops of Nutella onto the top of the batter.
- Gently swirl the Nutella into the batter.
- Place bars into the oven and bake for 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow cooling completely before enjoying it!
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