Strawberry Bread

By Cookie67

Penzey's Recipe

Ingredients

• 11/2 Cups fresh strawberries, sliced (about 1 pint with a few left over)
• 1 Cup granulated sugar, divided
• 1 1/2 Cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. CINNAMON (we used CEYLON CINNAMON)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp. PURE VANILLA EXTRACT
• 1/2 Cup melted butter (1 stick)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease and flour a standard glass (8x5”) loaf pan. Rinse, core and slice the strawberries, place in a small bowl and sprinkle with 1/2 Cup sugar. In a large mixing bowl, blend together the remaining sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and CINNAMON. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs until foamy, then add the PURE VANILLA EXTRACT and melted butter. Make sure the melted butter isn't too hot-just barely melted. Stir in the strawberries. Combine the two mixtures, blending until the dry ingredients are moistened. Scrape the batter into the pan and bake for 60-70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the pan from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes before removing the bread from the pan.

Yield: 1 loaf
Prep. time: 10 minutes
Baking time: 60-70 minutes