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Use the last of the sweet summer berries to make Fresh Strawberry Bread. This moist, flavorful bread is a dream for breakfast when lightly toasted and smeared with a bit of cream cheese.
If you’re looking for a way to use up that last stash of summer strawberries, I’ve got you covered with this Fresh Strawberry Bread.
Although Ohio strawberries were kind of disappointing this year due the weather, we were able to get our hands on some beautiful, sweet berries from a you-pick farm that had really great irrigation. Apparently this makes all the difference when Mother Nature decides it’s going to rain almost every single day for the entire month of June.
THE BEST STRAWBERRY BREAD RECIPE
Believe it or not, I have not always been a blogger.
Before I started My Baking Addiction and for several years after, I was a middle school teacher.
Having a teachers’ lounge to deposit leftover baked goods was convenient and had the unintended side effect of making it widely known that I had started a baking blog.
Once MBA became common knowledge among my fellow teachers, they frequently sought me out to make their cakes, cupcakes and even search for recipe ideas.
This is how Fresh Strawberry Bread was born. A coworker wondered if I had recommendations for a strawberry quick bread recipe she could serve to guests coming into town for her son’s wedding.
At the time I had never made strawberry bread. But of course I was compelled to get into the kitchen and start experimenting.
After a little tinkering and a bit of trial and error, I had a fantastic Fresh Strawberry Bread recipe on my hands.
This quick bread is super moist, dense in just the right away, and bursting with sweet strawberry flavor.
TIPS FOR MAKING STRAWBERRY BREAD
- Use a mixture of butter and cream cheese plus buttermilk for tang
- Use smaller, sweeter strawberries
- Gently fold in the berries
- Enjoy toasted with cream cheese!
Strawberries and cream cheese are paired together so often for a reason: their flavors mesh perfectly! Just try Strawberry Cheesecake Fluff or Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart if you don’t believe me.
To get that same perfect combo of sweet and tangy in this Fresh Strawberry Bread recipe, I like to use a combination of butter and cream cheese. I also use buttermilk (or buttermilk substitute) for the liquid in the recipe.
When shopping for strawberries for this bread, look for smaller berries if you can. These smaller strawberries are usually sweeter and more flavorful than super large strawberries. They’ll make your bread even better!
When it comes time to add the strawberries to the batter, set aside your electric mixer and reach for a spatula to gently fold them in by hand. This will keep them from turning to mush; we want to see chunks of strawberries in the baked bread!
Feel free to enjoy Fresh Strawberry Bread in any way you like, but I recommend one way in particular:
Lightly toasted and smeared with whipped cream cheese.
Trust me, it’s summery heaven in a single bite!
Fresh Strawberry Bread
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 ½ cups fresh strawberries rinsed, dried and chopped
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.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
It’s in the oven, can’t wait 50 minutes! Batter taste so good, thank you for sharing.
Francine/Fraisiperles
Montreal
Oh my.. baking 4 mini loaves now. Licked the batter bowl clean! ::shifty:: :) Can’t wait to try the bread.
Made this with raspberries, didn’t fold them… whipped it a bit too let them mix and run together. Phenomenal!
WOW! amazing!!! I will make again and again. This is a new staple in my house.
Mine had to bake a little longer. that was the only thing i noticed.
Kim-
I am so glad to hear you enjoyed the recipe!
-Jamie
I just made this and it IS delicious. I was in the mood for something a little different on a dreary supposedly Spring afternoon. Thank you so much for the recipe. I made by the recipe and then added a strawberry/confectioners sugar glaze when it was done. I used the juice from the thawed frozen strawberries in the glaze.
We went strawberry picking a few weeks ago here in Texas and I came across this recipe after that. Made a loaf with our fresh berries and mmm! Delicious!
Can I use frozen strawberries? Wasn’t sure if it would make a difference in the bread since they tend to thaw and be a bit mushy.
Heather-
I haven’t tried the recipe with frozen berries, but I would think the bread would definitely be a little mushy. Sorry I am not more of a help.
-Jamie
We had an abundance of strawberries leftover and I knew exactly what to do with them. This is the second time I used this recipe and it did not disappoint. I did, however, add a lemon glaze (more of a drizzle) to the top to make it look pretty. It was a big hit at the office and I gave the recipe out to a few co-workers.
I just wanted to tell you that i made this bread a year ago and i’ve lost count how many times i’ve made it b/c its SO good and people always request it. It was a huge hit when i made it for the marines too :) I’ve shared your website with my friends :) Thank you!
Marcy,
That is great news, thank you so much! I’m thrilled that you love the recipe. Have a wonderful day and thank you for following MBA!
Jamie
My husband and I took our little girls strawberry picking yesterday and we came home with a ridiculous amount. I found your recipe and decided to just go for it and make a triple batch. We made two dozen muffins, one loaf and bundt cake. We will definitely make this again.