Fresh Strawberry Bread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup strawberry, sliced
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil (or canola)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs, beaten

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, place the sliced strawberries. sprinkle the slices with the 2 tablespoons of sugar. place in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight. this will create a nice syrup with the berries.
• 2 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 3 blend together the flour, 1 cup sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• 4 in a medium mixing bowl, combine the oil, vanilla, eggs, strawberry slices and its syrup. dump the strawberry mixture into the flour mixture, and mix just until blended.
• 5 pour the batter into a greased loaf pan (9 inches x 5 inches) and bake for approximately 50 minutes.
• 6 hints: this bread is lovely with cream cheese. egg substitute (like egg beaters) can be used instead of the eggs - just make sure you use the equivalent of 2 eggs. chef walter suggests variations of adding 1 1/2 cup chopped pecans or a bit of cinnamon to the batter, if you like.