Swirled Strawberry Bread

Fresh strawberries make this so good.

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• BREAD

• 1 3⁄4 cups flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄2 cup margarine, melted
• 1  egg, beaten
• 1  cup fresh strawberries (not in syrup) or 1  cup frozen strawberries, mashed (not in syrup)
• 1⁄3 cup water

• SWIRL

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1  egg, beaten

Directions

1. Make swirl first.
2. Mix all ingredients together until smooth.
3. Set aside.
4. Grease and flour one 9x5 loaf pan.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
6. Make bread.
7. Combine dry ingredients.
8. Combine strawberries, margarine, egg, and water.
9. Mix strawberry mixture into dry ingredients just till moistened.
10. Pour all but 2 cups into prepared loaf pan.
11. Pour cream cheese swirl mixture over strawberry batter,.
12. top with reserved strawberry batter.
13. Cut through batter with a knife to create swirl.
14. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes.
15. Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes, remove from pan, cool completely before cutting.
16. Store tightly wrapped in plastic in refrigerator.
17. Keeps several months if wrapped well and frozen.