So I thought you folks might like a recipe! The strawberries were on sale, and so we bought a bunch, but there’s only two of us and though we are Strawberry Devourers, I was worried they would go off before we had a chance to eat them all, so I thought to myself, “I wonder if I could combine two of my favorite foods here. Do people make strawberry bread?” Oh, yes. Yes, they do. So I started making this, realized I was missing crucial ingredients after I’d already started (I do this all the time, and it’s a terrible habit.) and so I had to make a trip to the store twice, (Oh, you better believe it.) in the storm and pouring rain, because I was determined to make this bread. That alone makes the recipe worth sharing. That and, you know, it’s scrumptious! So without further ado, super moist delicious strawberry bread. Enjoy!
What You Need
- 4 cups strawberries (2 cups finely chopped, 2s cup puree)
3 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 cups applesauce
What You Do
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1. Preheat your oven to 350 °F (175 °C) and prepare two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
2. Slice and prepare your strawberries, then put them in a medium-sized bowl and combine with your applesauce. Afterwards set them aside for later.
3. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda in large bowl: mix well. Add your strawberry mixture to the flour mixture, blending until dry ingredients are just moistened. DO NOT be a completionist (ahem, like me) and OVER STIR until everything is blended. You’ll ruin the bread. Chunks of flour are encouraged!
4. Divide batter into pans and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
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29 Comments
thanks so much!
the first time i tried this, it was simply delectable. just delicious. thanks so much for this recipe! i’m already planning to make it again tomorrow, as i won’t have family over to devour it all before i can get a good share!
i did not add eggs and it turned out perfectly. though it might have gone a bit quicker with them, i think. ugh i baked them for so long. now i’m wondering how many eggs the recipe used to have!
I think it was two eggs, actually. When it’s just two of us here at the house bread can go fast so I tend to split it in half once it’s entirely cooled and then pop half in the freezer. After it thaws it’s as good as when it’s first baked.
I’m so glad you liked it! Your blog looks great, as do your homemade cupcakes!
Hi Sara,
I was given a tray (that took up a whole shelf in my fridge!) of strawberries by my boyfriend’s dad. To try and make a dent, I’ve just put two gluten free loaves of this in the oven and I can’t wait to taste the results! I would like to make strawberry muffins too, but it’s only me at the moment. So I will get started on the tedious (?) task of cutting and pureeing the strawberries to put in the freezer for a later date
Stephanie,
I am so excited for you! I can’t wait to see how they turn out. Don’t forget that you can put a loaf in the freezer once it’s fully cooled and then you won’t have to worry about it going off before you get the chance to finish your first loaf!
Mmm, that looks delicious. I just bought two big punnets of strawberries – I think I need to get some applesauce and make some strawberry bread
lovely
This looks SO great! I just made some… Mine is in the oven right now. I hope it’s as good as yours looks. Thank you so much for sharing this!
I’m so full of fail. I tried this last night and ruined it because I forgot to add the baking soda to the dry mixture. I even borrowed some from someone and just overlooked it in the instructions. I SUCK AT BAKING.
Attempt number 2 will come tonight, when I will half the ingredients so I only ruin one loaf instead of two.
And Kim…that sounds amazing. I may have to try that…Perhaps once I get this recipe down. Haha.
Um, not sure how I missed this comment?! Sorry, ignore my last one then! Please let me know how it goes, but let me know if you use banana because I can’t do that since Tom is all allergic pants.
Did NOT use banana so he could have it! I made it right the second time and it turned out lovely. It was pretty crispy at first, but when I ate it the day after I baked it, after it had been wrapped and in the bread box, it was soft and moist.
THANK YOU. I will remove it from the recipe. Fantabulous.
Well, I’m already on a mission to make some GF lemon poppyseed muffins for the hubs tomorrow or else I’d try this, but after I read your little disclaimer about the eggs it immediately catapulted me back to my vegan college days where, in the event that flavors wouldn’t clash, I used bananas as an egg replacer. And it got me thinking… Summer Moist Strawberry BANANA Bread, anyone?!
(Holy run-on, Batman! That was one intense sentence.)
Unfortunately Tom is allergic to banana, so using it as a replacement is a no go, otherwise a banana probably would have solved the issue. But boy, strawberry banana bread sounds delliiccciouuusss.
this looks so delicious<333
This makes me feel better about spending hours at the grocery store last night trying to figure out a camping meal for 8 people! And thanks for the recipe too!
Oh yes, I love to browse in the grocery store. It’s probably annoys Tom sometimes because he likes to get in and get out. But I’m so easily distracted!
i thought it was banana cake…but strawberry bread sounds even more intriguing! i’ll have a slice, please…
This looks gorgeous – and what a colour! Thank you for sharing the recipe ^_^
I’ll give it a try and let you know how it goes without the eggs. A couple friends have been making bread like maniacs, and I want to give it a try myself.
Thanks for the recipe. It looks amazing!
Thanks Dani! I’d looove to know how it turns out, though since this comment is late and I have you on Google Buzz, I’m pretty sure it didn’t turn out so well due to leaving out baking soda. Am I correct? =\
thank you so much for sharing this! i would never have thought of it – and yet why not! just out of interest though, i see in us recipes that applesauce is used a lot but in the uk we tend not to use it, is there anything else that could be used in it’s place do you think?
oooh yummy, this looks really moist..!!
this is insane! my mouth is watering. i can’t wait to try to make this. thank you for sharing, sara!
oo this looks great!
this looks delicious, and beautiful, and indeed moist!
Sooo focusedd.
Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Now, can I have a piece?
looked like a meat loaf until i read the title
strawberry bread sounds yummy