Strawberry bread

  • Number of Servings: 20
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter3/4 cup granulated sugar3 large eggs1 tsp vanilla extract2 cups flour1/2 tsp baking powder1/2 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp salt1 tsp ground cinnamon1/2 cup light sour cream (can use plain yogurt)1/2 cup toasted walnuts or pecans chopped1 1/2 -2 cups chopped fresh strawberries
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place the oven rake in the middle position.butter and flour (or spray with non stick vegetable/flour spray.) the bottom and sides of an 8 cup loaf pan ((9x5x3 inch) set aside.

Place the walnuts or pecans on a baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes or until brown and fragrant. Remove from oven and let cool completely before chopping coarsely. Set aside.

In the bowl of your electric mixer or hand mixer, beat the butter until softened (about 1 minute).Add the sugar and continue to beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs , one at a time,beat well after each addition.Beat in the vanilla extract. In a seperate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon. With the mixer on low add the flour mixture ( in three additions) and sour cream ( in two additions)alternately, starting and ending with the flour mix. Mix only until combined. Gently fold in strawberries and chopped nuts.

Scrape the batter into the prepared pans and bake about one hour, or until the bread is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Place on a wire rack and cool and then remove bread from pan. Serve warm or a room temp.

makes 1 loaf (9x 5x 3 inch pan.)
I used 2 small pans and got 20 slices total with them and thats how i calcuated the serving size.

Number of Servings: 20

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JODIGADES.

Servings Per Recipe: 20
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 160.6
  • Total Fat: 8.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 46.4 mg
  • Sodium: 117.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 19.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.0 g
  • Protein: 2.8 g

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