Strawberry Bread

Belle got this one from someone she knows on-line. She said it sounded great but the comments on-line said it didn’t have enough strawberry flavour. I decided to make one loaf instead of two but keep the number of strawberries the same. Also reduce the cinnamon (belle is not a big fan of it) and omit the pecans (again Belle is not a nut person nor is she nutty either). I am not sure if Sean had any, although he did say he would love Cinnamon Bread.  Belle and Hayley loved it, I didn’t try it – Cooked fruit is just sort of weird to me and of course Dylan would have nothing to do with anything that has “flavours” in it. To Dylan, flavours are any green, red, pink or yellow items that should not be in his food. He does in fact love taste, sesame oil, soya sauce, garlic and onion – just make sure it is puréed first. Anyway give this a try, the fruity people in your life will love it. In the summer when the strawberries are fresh this will be really good.

Strawberry Bread
adapted from Allrecipes.com by Ellen Rainey

2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
1 1/2 cups plus 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp fine sea salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
9 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 free-range eggs, beaten

1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Prepare a 9 x 5 loaf pan with non-stick vegetable spray.
3. Place the strawberries in a medium bowl and sprinkle with sugar.
4. Mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda in a large bowl.
5. Mix the eggs and vegetable oil in with the strawberries.
6. Add the strawberry mixture to the flour mixture and mix well until there is no more dry flour.
7. Pour the mixture into the loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer or toothpick comes out clean.
8. Let the bread cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack in the pan.
9. Turn the loaf out and let cool or serve it warm.