Summer Fresh Strawberry Bread
Looking for some awesome new quick bread recipes? What about a yummy strawberry recipe? Well I've got both! This amazing and easy Summer Fresh Strawberry Bread is the perfect treat to use up some of those sweet strawberries.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine or solid white vegetable shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract
- 2 eggs separated
- 2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 salt
- 1 cup fresh crushed or diced strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream butter, sugar and extract until fluffy. Beat in egg yolks.
- Sift the remaining dry ingredients. Add the sifted ingredients alternately with strawberries to creamed mixture.
- Beat whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into berry mixture.
- Grease a loaf pan and line with greased wax or brown paper. Place batter into pan.
- Bake for about 1 hour or tested done (fork comes out clean). Remove to rack to cool.
- Remove from pan after 15 minutes and let cool completely. Freezes well.