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Strawberry Banana Bread is a blend of fresh, juicy strawberries mixed with bananas that make this bread soft and moist in every slice. This is a quick and easy bread that your family is going to love!
Bread is always a warm and delicious snack to have. If you love fresh baked bread, try these Blueberry Banana Bread, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip, or Lemon Almond Poppyseed Quick Bread.
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Strawberry Banana Bread
These winter months always have me craving fresh fruits and vegetables. With this quick and easy strawberry banana bread, you know that you are bringing summer back with every bite. It is warm, fresh, and SO delicious! You will love this strawberry banana bread recipe and how easily it comes together.
This bread is a simple, quick bread perfect for breakfast or as a snack! I love banana bread, but when you add fresh strawberries, it takes this bread to a whole new level of deliciousness! And when this bread is baking in the oven, it makes your house smell amazing. Stop what you are doing and go preheat that oven!
What do I need to make Strawberry Banana Bread?
- Butter: Allow to soften on the counter or soften in microwave about 10 seconds.
- Granulated sugar: Adds sweetness
- Eggs: beaten
- Bananas: Use very ripe and mash with a fork or mixer
- Flour: Gives structure to the bread.
- Baking soda: A Leavening agent that causes the bread to rise.
- Salt: Just a pinch
- Fresh strawberries: Chopped & tossed in flour
How to Make Baked Bread
- Prep: Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray two 9×5 loaf pans with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- Large bowl: In a large bowl, using a KitchenAid Stand Mixer with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Small bowl: In a small bowl, beat eggs using a fork. Add eggs to the sugar mixture and beat until combined. Add mashed bananas and mix until combined.
- Sift dry ingredients: Sift all dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add sifted dry ingredients to the banana mixture and mix until flour is just combined. DO NOT OVER MIX! Fold in floured covered strawberries.
Bake: Pour batter into prepared loaf pans and bake at 375°F for 15 minutes. REDUCE the heat to 350°F and bake for an additional 30 minutes until edges are slightly brown or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool completely before removing from the loaf pans.
Variations and Substitutions
- Butter: Salted butter will also work for this. Just leave out the pinch of salt.
- Sugar: If you love a little more sweetness, substitute white sugar for brown sugar or going healthier try coconut sugar.
- Bananas: Use frozen bananas by thawing them overnight at room temperature. If there is any liquid from the bananas, simply discard that before mashing in the recipe.
- Chocolate chips: Who can resist chocolate! Chocolate chips can be sprinkled on top, in the batter or both!
- Nuts or seeds: I do love walnuts but pecans, sunflower seeds or pecans also make for an added soft crunch.
- Fresh Local fruit: Use whatever you find that looks amazing at your local farmers market. Try cranberries, blueberries or raspberries change this banana bread into something fresh and fruity!
More Delicious Strawberry Baking Recipes
- Strawberry Banana Oat Muffins
- Homemade Strawberry Cake
- Strawberry Cinnamon Roll Muffins with Cream Cheese Glaze
- Perfect Strawberry Shortcake
- Strawberry Cinnamon Rolls
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Strawberry Banana Bread
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Ingredients
- ½ cup softened unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 ripe mashed bananas
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups chopped strawberries,
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Add ½ cup softened unsalted butter and 1 cup granulated sugar to a large bowl. Using an electric hand mixer, cream together until light and fluffy.
- In a small bowl, beat 2 large eggs using a fork. Add the eggs to the sugar mixture and mix until combined.
- Add 3 ripe mashed bananas to the sugar mixture and mix until combined.
- Toss 1 ½ cups chopped strawberries, with 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour. Fold the floured-covered strawberries into the batter.
- Divide and pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. REDUCE the heat to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for an additional 30 minutes. The bread is done when the edges are slightly brown or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool completely before removing from loaf pans.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Wondering if I could incorporate a box of lemon pudding mix into this, and if so, what alterations I would need to make to the recipe in order for it to rise enough without being underdone in the middle! I’m not a savvy baker my any means, so I don’t want to mess up the recipe and waste all my ingredients! 😆
Hmm, I have never done this, but I just looked up a recipe that is similar to mine in terms of the base loaf. They add 1/2 cup sour cream and 1 (3.4 ounce) box pudding mix. They didn’t have the strawberries in it but according to this other recipe, adding the pudding and sour cream (or Greek yogurt) should work. So if you really want to add the pudding mix, add the 1/2 cup sour cream or greek yogurt to the butter and sugar mixture when the eggs go in, before the bananas. Whisk the pudding mix into the flour mixture and continue as directed.
Let me know how this turns out if you make it!