Strawberry Bread | Cookies and Cups

This strawberry bread is a HUGE favourite in my home! It’s a comfortable, moist loaf made in the identical model as banana bread, solely this model is loaded with contemporary strawberries and topped with a candy strawberry cream cheese icing. 

My fast strawberry bread is one among my best strawberry recipes, particularly in the summertime when contemporary berries come into season. You’ll want to attempt my strawberry pound cake recipe, too!

Why You’ll Love This Simple Strawberry Bread Recipe

This wonderful contemporary strawberry bread is a keeper! It’s a comfortable and moist fast bread recipe, like banana bread, solely full of juicy summer time strawberries. Right here’s why you’ll need to have a slice for breakfast, a snack, AND dessert:

• Simple. This strawberry-studded loaf is a fast bread recipe. Like banana bread, there’s no yeast and nil rising time. All you want is a number of easy elements, a loaf pan, and an hour or much less from begin to end.
• Selfmade cream cheese icing. I drizzle this candy bread loaf with a candy strawberry cream cheese icing (solely 3 elements!) and it principally tastes like cake.
• Any event. The strawberry flavors make this bread the proper summer time deal with, nevertheless it’s scrumptious year-round (you’ll be able to even use frozen berries). I really like slices at breakfast with my morning espresso or tea, or I’ll prime this strawberry bread with ice cream for dessert. It’s additionally an awesome snack to pack in lunch containers or to take alongside on busy errand-running days.

Substances You’ll Want

Most of what you’ll have to make this fluffy strawberry bread are widespread baking elements. I’ve included some notes under. Scroll to the recipe card for a printable record of elements and recipe particulars.

• Strawberries – I really like making this bread with contemporary strawberries. You may make it with frozen strawberries when it’s out of season, see under.
• Dry Substances – Your baking fundamentals like all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Butter and Eggs – Dropped at room temperature. You need to use salted or unsalted butter. If wanted, you should use an egg substitute on this fast bread recipe.
• Vanilla – Actual vanilla extract. For an additional layer of taste, attempt utilizing half vanilla and half lemon extract.
• Milk – This may be any type of dairy or non-dairy milk.
• Cream Cheese – To mix with powdered sugar and pureed strawberries for the icing. Carry the cream cheese to room temperature in order that it’s simpler to combine.

Can I Use Frozen Strawberries?

Sure, you’ll be able to! Whereas I really like contemporary berries, they aren’t at all times in season the place I stay. In that case, it’s frozen strawberries to the rescue. If you happen to’re making this bread with frozen strawberries, thaw them fully and pat them dry with paper towels beforehand. 

Methods to Make Strawberry Bread

Earlier than you begin, toss the strawberries with a sprinkle of flour. It’s a helpful baking trick that retains fruit add-ins like strawberries, blueberries, and many others. from sinking to the underside of desserts, muffins, and bread loaves.

Subsequent, it’s a matter of mixing the moist elements and progressively including the dry elements to make a clean batter. The floured strawberries go in final. Afterward, bake the strawberry bread in a 9×5” loaf pan at 350ºF for 45-50 minutes. 

Simple Strawberry Cream Cheese Icing

Whereas your bread cools off, make your icing! Puree about ¼ cup of strawberries and fold them right into a bowl with cream cheese and powdered sugar. Give {that a} good combine till you have got a silky clean icing. 

This cream cheese icing is thick sufficient to pipe with a piping bag (or with a plastic baggie with the nook snipped), or you’ll be able to unfold it over the bread. It’s additionally potential to skinny it out with just a little milk for those who’d favor extra of a glaze.

Recipe Suggestions

• Coat the strawberries in just a little flour. As talked about, it helps to maintain the strawberries from sinking to the underside of the batter.
• Line the pan. Along with greasing the pan, I prefer to line the baking pan with parchment paper, too. It makes it really easy to only elevate the bread out as soon as it’s cooled off. Lower a strip of parchment paper lengthy sufficient to cowl the underside and line the 2 lengthy ends of the pan. Give the paper an additional coating with cooking spray, and also you’ll don’t have any points popping the bread out in a while.
• Rotate the pan. I like to recommend turning the pan within the oven midway via baking. This manner, it bakes extra evenly.
• Skip the icing. The strawberry icing is scrumptious however non-obligatory. Be happy to make use of any various topping you’d like, whether or not that’s vanilla glaze, frosting, or in any other case. You may even go away your strawberry bread plain and it’ll nonetheless style nice.

Methods to Retailer

• To retailer. Preserve this strawberry bread saved hermetic at room temperature for as much as 3-4 days. You can too preserve it within the fridge to extend its shelf life for a few days.
• Freeze. Fast bread like this strawberry bread and my fall-favorite pumpkin bread freeze tremendous effectively. Wrap the strawberry bread entire or in slices, then double-wrap it in foil or plastic wrap. Freeze it for as much as 30 days for finest freshness and thaw at room temperature for serving.

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