Fresh Strawberry Bread
User Reviews
4.6
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
1 hr
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Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
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Servings
10
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Course
Bread
Fresh Strawberry Bread
Description
Fresh Strawberry Bread blends butter, cream cheese, sugar, and eggs to form a creamy, dense batter enhanced by vanilla extract. The dry ingredients include flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, while buttermilk adds moisture and tenderness. Incorporating the fresh chopped strawberries gently helps keep the bread thick and studded with fruit. Baking in a loaf pan produces a golden crust with a soft, flavorful interior.
The bread’s moist texture and bright strawberry pieces create a balance of richness and freshness. The method uses creaming of butter, sugar, and cream cheese for fluffiness, gradual addition of eggs, and careful blending of dry and wet mixtures to avoid overmixing. The result is a tender bread with noticeable strawberry bits in every slice.
This strawberry bread can be enjoyed sliced plain or with butter. It suits casual breakfasts or snack times, offering a subtle fruity sweetness and rich dairy notes. The loaf shape makes it easy to slice and share.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract pure
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 ½ cups strawberry rinsed, dried and chopped, fresh
Instructions
- Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350°F.
- With electric mixer cream butter, sugar and cream cheese until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Mix in vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Blend flour mixture with butter mixture just until blended. Add buttermilk and only stir until just combined; do not over mix.
- Carefully fold in strawberries. Dough mixture will be thick.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.6
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