This delicious Strawberry Bread contains plump, juicy strawberries and a hint of cinnamon. It is delectable, topped with my creamy whipped Strawberry Butter, and it reminds me of the fresh taste of spring. This beautiful, tasty bread is perfect for holiday gift-giving or a party hostess present.
With its tender cake-like texture, this beautiful quick bread is ideal any time of the year. However, it also makes a beautiful, pleasurable holiday treat for your friends and family. For optimum flavor, top with sweet strawberry butter and cream cheese or drizzle with a homemade powdered sugar glaze.
If you like this quick bread, try my cinnamon bread, apple cinnamon bread, lemon blueberry bread, and zucchini bread.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
See the complete list of ingredients below on the recipe card.
- Strawberries: Use fresh, ripe, fragrant, sweet berries. Toss the strawberries with a little of the measured sugar to draw out some juice and sweeten them just right. If using frozen strawberries, thaw them and dry them with paper towels.
- Sugars: I use both granulated sugar and brown sugar
- Vanilla extract: use the pure stuff
- Powdered sugar: also known as confectioners’ sugar
How to Make Strawberry Bread
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Chop the strawberries and toss them with a little bit of the measured sugar to draw out the juice and sweeten them. Then, in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs, then add the oil, vanilla extract, and strawberries. Then, add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three parts. Stir just until combined after each part, as quick sweet bread can become tough if over-mixed. Pour the batter into a well-greased and floured 9×5-inch loaf pan.
Bake for about one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the top comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack before inverting.
To prepare the strawberry butter, whip the butter with a handheld mixer until creamy and light. Then, beat in the powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Finally, fold in the chopped strawberries.
Preparation Tips
- Grease and flour your loaf pan well or spray with Bakers Joy (which I love).
- Skip the electric mixer and mix this quick bread by hand.
- Soften the butter for about an hour. It should be pretty soft before preparing it so it whips up and becomes airy.
- Add 3/4 cup chopped walnuts, pecans, or chocolate chips.
- Bake the loaf just until a toothpick inserted in the center of the top comes out clean.
Storage and Freeze Instructions
Store strawberry bread in an airtight container or zipper bag at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the fridge for up to a week.
To freeze, first cool thoroughly. Then, wrap it in several layers of plastic wrap, followed by a layer of aluminum foil, or put it in a freezer zipper bag. Freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight. Reheat gently in the microwave at reduced power or in a toaster or toaster oven.
More Strawberry Recipes
Strawberry Bread
Ingredients
Strawberry Bread
- 2¼ cups fresh strawberries hulled and chopped
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Strawberry Butter
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- ¼ cup fresh strawberries hulled and finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- Sprinkle 2¼ cups chopped strawberries lightly with a little bit of the measured sugar and toss to coat; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs, then add oil and vanilla. Stir in the strawberries that you set aside. Add the flour mixture to the strawberry mixture in three parts, stirring just until combined after each part.
- Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the top comes out clean.
- Using a mixer, whip the butter until creamy and light. Beat in powdered sugar until light and fluffy. Fold in 1/4 cup of chopped strawberries.
Notes
- Grease and flour your loaf pan well or spray with Bakers Joy (which I love).
- Skip the electric mixer and mix this quick bread by hand.
- Soften the butter for about an hour or so. It should be pretty soft before preparing it so it whips up and gets airy.
- Add 3/4 cup chopped walnuts, pecans, or chocolate chips.
- Bake the loaf just until a toothpick inserted in the center of the top comes out clean.
Nutrition
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Sara Welch
This was such a unique and unexpected bread recipe! I usually make the standard banana bread, but this has easily become my new favorite; delish!
Tavo
The budding came aout flavorful and moist, just as I like it. Delicious!
Ashley F.
This bread turned out so flavorful. The butter really took it to another level! Delish!
Seema Sriram
Beth, I am making this right away. I am just back from the grocery with some strawberries and hungry seeing this amazing loaf.
Biana
This strawberry bread looks delicious! Plus strawberry butter adds even more strawberry flavor.
Karen
Love this recipe! I have made it twice with strawberries I picked. I made one change – I made these into 12 muffins instead! I baked them for 25-30 min. Thanks for a great recipe!
Beth Pierce
The pleasure is all mine Karen! So glad that you liked them. I bet they were delicious!!
Maggie
it has such a great flavor, even without the strawberry butter – the strawberries made it moist but not mushy and it has just the right amount of sweetness. I will definitely be making this again 🙂
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Maggie! So glad that you liked it!
Charlene
Delicious
Carol H
It tastes delicious but my bread fell apart, why would that happen?? I let it cool, and when I transferred it to a plate it crumbled.😥 I’m heartbroken and don’t know where I went wrong.
Beth Pierce
Oh my goodness so sorry to hear that. Is it possible that you forgot an ingredient? Eggs? Oil? I know everyone is busy and I have sometimes forgotten an ingredient. The only other thing that comes to mind is baking it way too long but I don’t think this is the case.
Betty
If I use frozen strawberries, should they be thawed first? They won’t be too mushy in the batter?
Beth Pierce
They should be fine. Thaw them before cooking so you can discard the extra juice.
Carolina
Excellent recipe. Thank you, it’s a really delicious bread.
Beth Pierce
Thanks so much Carolina! So glad that you liked it! I love sweet bread!!
Sara
Gave this a try this afternoon and it does not disappoint! Quite possibly the best way to enjoy strawberries; the strawberry butter is pure perfection!
Chichi
This strawberry bread recipe looks so moist and delicious. Can’t wait to make it.
Angela
Oh my goodness! This bread is so delicious. I’ve never had strawberry bread before and this is definitely going to be a new family favorite. YUM!
Megan
My family LOVED this! What a fun idea. Thanks for brightening up our covid days.
Kat
I made this at altitude and the batter was too dry to mix all the flour in, so I added about 1/4 c of applesauce to get the rest of the flour mix to incorporate. I also was a little shy on the strawberries so I topped off the amount with blueberries. The bread was so good and very forgiving for my modifications! Really easy & fast to make. Thanks for the recipe!
Beth Pierce
Awesome! So glad that you were able to make it work and enjoyed it. I do love strawberry bread. Maybe a little too much!!