Guest post ~ The BEST Strawberry Bread

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Over the course of the summer, starting today and every Thursday following, I’ll be featuring some amazing guest bloggers here on I’m an Organizing Junkie.  Today I’d like to welcome Sandy from Reluctant Entertainer.  Sandy is a beautiful lady inside and out and always shares such fantastic yet practical entertaining advice.  Won’t you please join me in making her feel welcomed here.

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I love it when my daughter is inspired, on her own, to bake in the kitchen. And I love it when she heads out to our strawberry patch to pick berries for me!

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Last week that is exactly what happened.  She’s 12 now, and can easily navigate through the kitchen, partially because she’s a girl and she’s 12 (way different than my boys!), and that we have the baking ingredients semi-organized.  Two main ingredients for Strawberry Bread?  Flour and Sugar!  Easy to pull out, measure, and tuck back into the cupboard.

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My daughter’s been making this delicious recipe, 4 loaves at a time. It’s so mouth-watering delicious, as soon as it’s out of the oven, it’s devoured!

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Strawberry Bread

3 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups sliced strawberries
4 eggs, beaten
1 cup cooking oil
Mix it all up – by hand.
Add the berries at the last.

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Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes in small loaf pans, or around 60 minutes in 2 large loaf pans. Remember each oven is different, so make sure and UNDER-SET your timer, so you don’t over bake the bread!

I know Laura made strawberry bread for her daughter’s teacher a while back. And any kind of hospitality involving food is usually loved and appreciated.

Have you made or tasted this BEST Strawberry Bread recipe before?

How do you store your flour and sugar?

Side note from Laura:

Here is a picture of the mini Strawberry Banana loaves I made for teacher gifts.   I packaged them up with the Strawberry Rhubarb Preserves I also made.  Very inexpensive and easy to do.

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Thanks Sandy!


24 Comments

  1. Posted July 16, 2009 at 7:29 am | Permalink

    YUM. I LOVE strawberries. This looks SO good! Maybe I’ll get motivated and give the recipe a shot.

  2. Posted July 16, 2009 at 8:03 am | Permalink

    That looks so yummy!!! I want to try it so I guess I will be heading to the store for some strawberries…I knew I should have bought them yesterday! I store the flour in a Ziploc freezer bag and the sugar is in a clear sealed container

  3. Janell
    Posted July 16, 2009 at 8:30 am | Permalink

    I made this bread this weekend! It was absolutely delicious and made my house smell amazing. My husband and kids gobbled it up!

  4. Posted July 16, 2009 at 8:46 am | Permalink

    Yum, Sandy. I have a strawberry bread recipe but this looks fabulous. Cant wait to try it. :)

  5. Denise
    Posted July 16, 2009 at 8:50 am | Permalink

    I store my flour, sugar, and all of my other baking staples (salt, baking soda, baking powder, brown sugar, etc.) in Tupperware Modular Mates. It’s easy to see what’s inside, they stack, and they keep everything fresh (especially great for brown sugar).

  6. Posted July 16, 2009 at 9:42 am | Permalink

    I want to try this bread. Those gifts you gave would be so well received by teachers . What a great idea!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Posted July 16, 2009 at 10:21 am | Permalink

    Wow! That looks amazing! Can’t wait to make it!

  8. Posted July 16, 2009 at 11:35 am | Permalink

    My pantry staples are also in Tupperware Modular Mates. Love them! I have strawberries from the Farmer’s Market that need to be used ASAP – so we will be making this bread today. Thanks!

  9. Posted July 16, 2009 at 11:52 am | Permalink

    This looks good think I’m going to try it. I got some strawberries from the farmers market!

  10. Posted July 16, 2009 at 2:42 pm | Permalink

    I store my flour and sugar in containers similar to yours, except, mine are round and the flour one is bigger than the sugar one. :-)

  11. Posted July 17, 2009 at 4:47 am | Permalink

    Yummy! I think we’ll be trying that recipe out around here!

  12. Sue Bates
    Posted July 17, 2009 at 5:58 am | Permalink

    I’d never heard of strawberry bread. I made it last night and it is amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

  13. Posted July 17, 2009 at 10:00 am | Permalink

    This strawberry bread sounds delicious. I’ll have to make some. Strawberry rhubarb bread as well. I made banana blueberry bread the other day, 2 loaves worth. Yummy!!! I’m sharing one though with our pastor and family. Happy day!!

  14. Posted July 17, 2009 at 10:16 am | Permalink

    That looks amazing! I’m going to have to try it. Thank you Sandy!

  15. Posted July 17, 2009 at 3:08 pm | Permalink

    wow that looks amazing!

  16. Posted July 17, 2009 at 10:14 pm | Permalink

    I tried these tonight and they are so yummy!!! It was all I could do to even get it in the oven b/c the batter was delish as well! Thanks for the recipe

  17. Posted July 18, 2009 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

    I’ll remember this post to look up if/when I get motivated to make strawberry bread. It looks fabulous!

    My mother-in-law makes a strawberry bread with black walnuts. The black walnuts have such a strong and distinct flavor; it makes the bread interesting.

    I store flour and sugar in rectangular Tupperware Modular Mates. As if there were any other way. ;-) I keep telling you, and I maintain, that you would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Tupperware Modular Mates.

  18. Marisa
    Posted July 19, 2009 at 8:42 am | Permalink

    That bread looks amazing! As a teacher, I would love, love, love to receive those as gifts =)

  19. Posted July 19, 2009 at 6:17 pm | Permalink

    The only “fruit” breads I have ever had are banana bread and pumpkin bread(not fruit though right?) LOL

    In AZ (it was 116 degrees today) I simply can’t grow a strawberry patch but that would be so LOVELY! They are cheapo though at the farmers market so I think I am gonna try this out this week-

    Since it seems easy enough for a kid to do I may pull my 7 year old SON into to help measure stuff. Us moms of boys need to raise them up with these skills to surprise their future wives with ya know LOL

  20. Posted July 19, 2009 at 6:20 pm | Permalink

    oh and I store my sugar and flour in clear plastic containers with tops that seal tight that my husbands grandmother used to store hers in before she passed away ;-) I don’t believe they are a brand of any sort but very sentimental

  21. Teresa
    Posted July 21, 2009 at 8:41 am | Permalink

    This looks delicious and a change from the banana nut bread I always make. Do you need to store the bread in the fridge to keep the berries fresh?

  22. Posted July 21, 2009 at 2:17 pm | Permalink

    I LOVE this bread. Thank you so much for sharing.

    I use Tupperware Modular Mates. They are great not only for storing pantry items but I use them to store laundry detergent, markers, crayons and numerouse other things. The possiblities are endless.

  23. Posted July 21, 2009 at 8:26 pm | Permalink

    I made these today as a send-off gift for my parents who are traveling cross-country. They LOVED them. I substituted 2 cups of the flour for whole wheat flour. Next time, I might play with the ingredients some more to try and make them a bit healthier, but these are DELICIOUS!!! :) Thanks for sharing!

  24. Julie
    Posted July 22, 2009 at 4:18 am | Permalink

    These look good! I would think that you could make them into muffins as well. Thanks for the post, I now have something to use my strawberries up on (they are starting to get soft )

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