Glazed Strawberry Bread

Glazed Strawberry Bread will get you in the mood for Spring.  It is full of fresh strawberries and covered with a simple glaze.

STRAWBERRY QUICK BREAD

Strawberry bread tastes like spring in a quick bread.  It is so tender, moist, and full of strawberry goodness.  The recipe is easy and quick, with no mixer needed.

We love this bread for breakfast, but who says you can't have it for dessert with a dollop of whipped cream and some chunky strawberry sauce? 

I can't wait for Spring to arrive in East Texas!

Unlike when I was growing up, fresh fruit is in the grocery stores all year around, but one thing hasn't changed: seasonal fruit always has a better price because it is plentiful.  

Like apples in the Fall are cheaper,  peaches, watermelons and cantaloupes in the summer, and all kinds of berries in the spring and early summer.  

I love that Strawberries are beginning to make a big appearance here in the grocery stores, which means the prices will start to go down.  

When I was a young girl growing up in the 60's the only time we could get strawberries were at the start of Summer.  

Mother knew of a big Strawberry Patch not too far from our house, and we would load up in the car with the windows rolled all the way down (there was no air conditioner), take our gallon buckets, and pick a load of strawberries.  

This is back breaking work.

You bend over the whole time, picking next to the ground where they are hidden beneath the leaves.  

When you get home, you appreciate all the time it took to pick them.  

Mother would freeze them to enjoy Strawberry Shortcake in the winter.

In the winter, my Sisters and I loved Mother's Strawberry Shortcake!

Southerners love a good, quick bread!  After the 1950s, when baking powder was introduced, cooks everywhere started baking quick breads.  The quick bread method of baking is just that~ quick!  

The idea is not to overmix the batter. Basically, moisten the ingredients and leave the batter slightly lumpy, with streaks of flour showing. 

The recipe is then baked, fried, or cooked immediately so the leavening does not stop working. Remember, quick bread recipes have a warning: "DO NOT OVER MIX and DO NOT OVER BAKE." 

Enjoy!

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WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE GLAZED STRAWBERRY BREAD

Strawberries 
Sugar 
Butter
Whole eggs
Flour
Baking soda
Sour cream
Vanilla

GLAZE

Powdered sugar
Half and half

HOW TO MAKE GLAZED STRAWBERRY BREAD

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Butter and flour a 9 1/2 x 5 12 loaf pan; set aside.  Remove 1 cup of diced strawberries for the bread and add 1 cup of sugar to the remaining strawberries. Slight stir them and set aside.

Remove 1 cup of diced strawberries for the bread and add 1 cup of sugar to the remaining strawberries. Slight stir them and set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine flour and soda;  set aside.

In a bowl of an electric mixer using the paddle attachment, cream wet ingredients, butter and 1 cup of sugar;  add eggs one at a time and mix until creamy.
Add sour cream and vanilla, and beat until creamy.  Remove the bowl from the electric mixer.

Sift dry ingredients, flour, and baking soda.  

Using a spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.  DO NOT OVER MIX.  

Remember, it is ok if there are little flour flecks in the batter.  

Fold in 1 cup strawberries to distribute them evenly.  

Do not stir. Fold them in. and there will not be pink bread but bright strawberries peeking through.

Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.  

Bake for 45 minutes or until the center is done when a toothpick is inserted into it, and it comes out with little crumbs on it. DO NOT OVERBAKE.

Slice and serve with a dollop of whipped cream and a spoon or two of reserved sweetened strawberries.
 

While the bread is baking, prepare the glaze.  

GLAZE

In a small bowl, add the powdered sugar and 1/4 cup of half and half and stir with a wire whisk until creamy smooth.  

Add more half and half if needed to get the consistency you would like.

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