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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 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 this Banana Bread Crumb Cake, Blueberry Banana Bread or Lemon Almond Poppyseed Quick Bread.
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 to make 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 mashed with a fork or mixer
- Flour: Gives structure to the bread.
- Baking soda: Leavening agent that causes the bread to rise.
- Salt: Just a pinch
- Fresh strawberries: Chopped & tossed in flour
How to Make Baked Bread
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Prep: Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Spray two 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick spray. Set aside.
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Large bowl: In a large bowl, using a KitchenAid Stand Mixer with paddle attachment cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
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Small bowl: In a small bowl, beat eggs using a fork. Add eggs to sugar mixture and beat until combined. Add mashed bananas and mix until combined.
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Sift dry ingredients: Sift all dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add sifted dry ingredients to banana mixture and mix until flour is just combined. DO NOT OVER MIX! Fold in floured covered strawberries.
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Bake: Pour batter into prepared loaf pans and bake at 375*F for 15 minutes. REDUCE heat to 350*F and bake for an additional 30 minutes until edges are slightly brown or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool completely before removing from 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 Swirl Bread
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter (1 Stick) softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 3 ripe bananas mashed
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries chopped & tossed in 1 Tablespoon of flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Spray two 9x5 loaf pan with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, using a KitchenAid Stand Mixer with paddle attachment cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- In a small bowl, beat eggs using a fork. Add eggs to sugar mixture and beat until combined. Add mashed bananas and mix until combined.
- Sift all dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add sifted dry ingredients to banana mixture and mix until flour is just combined. DO NOT OVER MIX! Fold in floured covered strawberries.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pans and bake at 375*F for 15 minutes. REDUCE heat to 350*F and bake for an additional 30 minutes until edges are slightly brown or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool completely before removing from loaf pans.
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Nutrition
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I made the strawberry banana bread, and it was amazing. Thank you so much.
I have made this at least a half dozen times, I buy extra bananas just for this recipe. I experimented a few times with blueberries instead of strawberries and it is equally as delicious. In fact half my family is Team Strawberry and the other is Team Blueberry. I think the next time I make it, I will do a pan with each fruit to please everyone.
Strawberry Banana Bread
Is the flour Plain or Self Raising
You can use either. I prefer plain all-purpose flour.
would like to know how to make without a stand mixer?
If you are using a hand mixer it would be the same, if you are having to mix it by hand the same just a little more work on your arm.
This has got to be for just one loaf. Recipe should be corrected.
This is indeed two loafs. If you are only coming out with one you are likely adding too much batter to one pan.
Keep in mind, it will not “fill” the loaf pan.
I have also used this recipe to make 6 mini loafs and over a dozen muffins.
Love most of the recipes, on here and some have the ingredients in their cupboard, thank you for sharing your recipes
Love some of your recipes, but could you please put metric measurements for the ingredients in aswell? I live in the UK and we dont use cups. Thanks.
Can you use frozen strawberries and frozen banana instead of fresh?
Yes, of course! Enjoy your banana bread! XOXO
This is delicious! I used thawed frozen strawberries from last year and some frozen bananas I had, they worked great! Chop the berries up coarsely. This only makes one loaf in a regular size bread pan, not two. I baked it at the higher temp as directed and then about 45 minutes at the lower temp in a convection oven. Perfect.
I’m using a convection oven, also & followed the direction on-spot (using blueberries, though). Yes, it made only 1 loaf-pan, but after cooking 375 for 15min, it’s now been in the oven 35min @ 350 & is still very gooey in the middle, yet perfectly brown on the outside. I’m trying to cover w/ foil to prevent burning & placed in another 20min @ lower temp … hopefully this works.
This is exactly what happened to mine. 375 to start made the outsides really brown – finally had to take out and the center is all dough
i loved the flavor but it is pure dough on the inside. Next time I would do 350 the whole time I also only got 1 loaf pan also. Any suggestions ?
If your getting 1 loaf and it’s still gooey inside, I’m guessing it’s because you put too much batter in one pan. If you spread the batter out evenly between the two pans and bake at the instruction time it should rise and be baked all the way through.
I was going to say the same. It would probably help if the author explained in the recipe why she says 2 pans. I used 2 pans but they were 8×4 rather than 9×5, so probably still deeper than she intended, but they came out ok.
Made this recipe, baked on 350 degrees, for 1 hour, added vanilla extract, Brown sugar, chopped pecans, the smell of it baking was heavenly. My sister saw the recipe on FB, and asked me to make it, sooo glad that I did, can’t hardly wait to taste it
Made this today and love it! Substituted coconut oil for butter as well as for greasing the pan. I had two loaf pans prepared, but only used one. It came out delicious! I also used 3/4 C. coconut sugar instead of 1 C. white sugar. If I make again, however, I will add an additional cup of strawberries, as I love the moist strawberry bites & would like even more!
Because I only got 1 loaf when I was expecting 2, I gave 4 stars…. or at least I tried to! It wouldn’t take anything less than 5 stars…
What a great idea! I was thinking of substituting sugar with steevia
I’m thinking the people having issues with height and texture are probably not beating the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. If not bakers they don’t understand how important these steps are. Mine turned our fabulous. I also added some vanilla paste and a little extra salt. Flavor lovely.
Could I omit the strawberries and just make a banana bread? I am not sure if it would come out moist without the strawberries.
This was awesome – perfect after a day of strawberry picking. The recipe only filled one pan, so after being on 350 for the suggested time, I kept in in for about 15 more min on 300. I probably should have let it sit 5 more minutes, but I thought it was done. Either way, it came out fantastic!
That is great to hear! Fresh strawberries sound delicious!! Thank you so much for sharing and following along with me! XOXO
Hi I was just wondering if your breads can be baked in Mason jars . I have a banana nut bread that i bake in mason jars .And if you can how would the baking time change and the temp.
That sounds great! I have not tried it with my breads but that sounds fun and delicious! Let me know how it turns out! XOXO
I’ve had a similar version to the banana berry bread for over 20 yrs.. always been a family favorite
Made the strawberry-banana bread, delicious but didn’t rise much at all. Any suggestions?