Bounty of Berries Bread

ByMeggen Wilson February 15, 2019May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019

Every February, the farms around Plant City, Florida, are bursting with strawberries. A must stop is the Parksdale Farms Stand where the line for strawberry shortcake wraps around the building. If standing in line for shortcake isn’t your cup of tea, run down the road to one of a dozen “you pick it farms” or farm stands for fresh berries and make one of our tempting strawberry recipes.

This Strawberry Bread recipe makes the oddest batter. You’ll think there’s no way it’s going to turn out tasty. Trust me. It’s delicious. This recipe is based off the Tampa Junior League recipe in Life of The Party. You can purchase a copy here.

Mountains of plump berries at The Pike Street Market

details

Yield

2 loaves

Servings

8-10

ingredients

3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/4 cup canola oil
5 cups fresh strawberries, washed, dried, hulled and cut into chunks

directions

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 5 x 7 loaf pans with extra canola oil or butter.
Combine flour, soda, cinnamon, salt and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
Add eggs and oil. Whisk until just combined. Fold in the fresh berries.
Spoon into two prepared loaf pans. Bake 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
Cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.

Meggen Wilson

My love for entertaining began when I was in seventh grade and threw a surprise party for my mother (I did have to fess up about it so she could buy the wine).

I have been blissfully married to Hunky Hubbie for 34 years. We have three brilliant adult daughters (all of whom are off the company payroll) as well as two incredible son-in-laws, and one “they’ve been dating for 12 years — will they or won’t they?” honorary son-in-law.

For the last 20 years, we’ve split our time between our home in Northwest Montana and our downsized dream house in Winter Park, Florida, but in 2022 we loaded up the wagons and decided to “Go West”, making Montana our full time home.