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Strawberry Bread
photo by grobb100
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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2 loaves
ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 cups sugar
- 15 ounces frozen unsweetened strawberries, cut up
- 4 eggs, well-beaten
- 1 1⁄4 cups cooking oil
- 1 1⁄4 cups chopped walnuts or 1 1/4 cups pecans
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour two 8"X4"X3" loaf pans.
- Combine dry ingredients.
- Make a well in the centre.
- Put strawberries (thawed), eggs, oil and nuts in the well.
- Mix thoroughly into a nice batter.
- Pour into two loaf pans.
- Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees F or until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Cool in pans 5-10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool on racks.
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Reviews
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I made this exactly as written & it is wonderful!! I made two loaves last night - one as a gift, the other for my hubby & I. It is SO good!! I've got two more in the oven right now, to give as last minute gifts. I made strawberry butter to go with it (below) & it made it just that much better!! <br/><br/>Strawberry Butter:<br/>1 10-ounce package frozen sweetened strawberries, thawed<br/>1 cup (2 sticks) unsweetened butter, room temperature<br/>3/4 cup powdered sugar<br/><br/>Combine all ingredients in mixer. Blend until smooth, scraping bowl occasionally, about 5 minutes (this is VERY important, in order to blend well). Transfer strawberry butter to medium bowl. Cover and chill. (Can be made 5 days ahead. Keep chilled. Bring to room temperature before serving.)
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I'm always looking for a snack that doesn't make me feel so bad after having eaten it! I used frozen, unsweetened strawberries. I let them thaw and also used the juice. My substitutes were as follows: 1 egg and 3/4 c. egg substitute, 1/4 c. oil and 1 c. unsweetened applesauce, 1.5 c. white flour and 1.5 c. whole wheat flour, 1 c. sugar and 1 c. Splenda, added 1 tsp. vanilla extract and 7 tsp. ground flax seed meal. My husband and I just gave it a taste test and it's wonderful-even with the modifications! Moist, yummy and good strawberry flavor. Will definitely make this again!
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Tweaks
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I was a little concerned with the consistency of the batter when I was mixing the ingredients, so I added a couple tablespoons of milk to thin it out to fold in fresh berries. I made a few changes to the recipe. I switched out the cinnamon for 2 teaspoons of nutmeg, I used fresh strawberries and blueberries, and thought a little bit of lemon zest would add some nice flavor. I also added 2 teaspoons of vanilla and took out 1/2 cup of the sugar. The bread came out a nice caramel brown color with a thin crunchy crust. The inside is slightly crumbly, but not so much that it falls apart. It's not the consistency I'm use to, but it is very yummy.
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This was my first time making strawberry bread and I thought it was pretty good.It does have a nice strawberry flavor and it turned out real moist.I added 1 tsp of vanilla and I used rasberry applesauce in place of half the oil.I used a 16 oz package of frozen strawberries that I just partially thawed and chopped up.I wasn't sure if I would like this bread with nuts so I only put walnuts in one of the loaves.It turns out I do prefer it with nuts so next time I'll know.I made my bread in 3 mini loaf pans and 1 8x4 pan.If I make this again I may add some mashed banana...I bet that would be good!
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This looks great! I'll rate this recipe once it comes out of the oven and I try it. Before I forget, though, I made the following changes (thanks to the many helpful reviewers!): Used 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 2 regular; omitted 1/2 cup of sugar (1-1/2 c total); subbed 1/2 c applesauce for some of the oil (so used 3/4 c oil); omitted nuts; pureed some of the strawberries; used 1 regular and 4 mini loaf pans.
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A wonderful recipe as always, MaeEast! I did omit the nuts and made a couple substitutions (used whole wheat pastry flour for the white, sucanat for the sugar and used a little bit of applesauce (a couple Tbs) since I was running short on oil.) Turned out just wonderfully. Lots of strawberry flavor and a good moist texture. I do think that next time I might cut down the sugar just a tad- the sweetness was fine, but I think it could have been knocked back just a smidge. Wonderful strawberry flavor and a great simple recipe. I did half the recipe and it worked just great. Thanks for another winner.