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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.

Slices of freshly baked strawberry bread

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.


Whole fresh strawberries in a white colander

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.

Folding fresh strawberries into quick bread batter with a spatula

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.

Batter for strawberry bread in a loaf pan, ready to be baked

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.

Stack of strawberry bread slices

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!

Remnants of a piece of strawberry bread on a white surface

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!

Overhead view of sliced fresh strawberry bread

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!

Sliced fresh strawberry bread on a white surface

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Fresh Strawberry Bread

By: Jamie
4.55 from 61 votes
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 1 hour
Total: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 10
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.

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

Serving: 1slice, Calories: 318kcal, Carbohydrates: 42g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 15g, Saturated Fat: 9g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4g, Trans Fat: 0.4g, Cholesterol: 70mg, Sodium: 390mg, Potassium: 107mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 22g, Vitamin A: 506IU, Vitamin C: 13mg, Calcium: 87mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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160 Comments

  1. Jordan says:

    OMG! This looks delicious! I’m definitely going to try this soon!

  2. Julie says:

    Oh yum! Perfect summer bread! I really like the addition of the cream cheese. I made a very ho-hum strawberry bread a few weeks ago, but this sounds awesome. :)

  3. Jennifurla says:

    I do not tell all of my co-workers for fear they will find out how long I spend looking at food blogs all day long! he he

  4. Emily says:

    Sounds divine – thanks for doing the leg work! One of these days my little strawberry plants will produce!

  5. Jen @ How To: Simplify says:

    I’m the same way! My family and friends know about my blog (even though I was nervous to share it with them at first). Now, whenever I’m at gatherings, my friends tell their friends. I love the word of mouth spreading of my blog.

    Only one of my co-workers knew about my blog and she told a few others a couple months ago. I was nervous and was hoping that they would forget the name of the site. I don’t know why I’m so nervous for them to find out about it!

  6. Naomi says:

    This sounds delish! Your recipes are crowding my recipes-to-make list.

  7. ingrid says:

    It definitely looks moist, kinda like a pound cake.

    I’m not same way…..not many people outside of my family know I have a food blog. And the few that know were probably told by my kids who seem to tell anyone who mentions baking. :) They’re proud. :)
    ~ingrid

  8. Danae (The Busty Baker) says:

    I didn’t tell many of my coworkers about my blog either, but eventually it got out. There’s still only about half of them that know (I’m sure the other half could probably care less if they did know), so now they ask what I’m making next! And there’s a couple that tell me to hurry up and post so they can get the recipe of what I bring in to share!

  9. prerna says:

    I too am a big lover of strawberries and so is my daughter so I try to incorporate it into my cooking pretty often. this is a nice addition to my recipe book :-)
    Love the recipe!