St. Pattys Day Bread

So i thought i would do something a little different for St. Patrick's day. I didn't want to bake something green or something with Guinness in it. I don't mind eating green beer baked goods, but that's so expected. I've been watching Good Eats a lot lately and it inspired me to find out history about a country or food of that country. So long story short, i found out (from old Irish cook books) that they grow mostly strawberries and raspberries. Now if your from Ireland and that's a lie, I'm sorry.

Anyway, i made strawberry bread! Now at first i wasn't so sure about strawberry bread. Strawberries tend to get mushy and gross when cooked, but it turned out amazing! I love fruit in my bread, apples, raisins...This bread is prefect for breakfast or covered in whipped cream as a "light" dessert. It's also great toasted or crisped up on a griddle.

In the recipe it called for 2 cups of strawberries, fresh or frozen, but to me it wasn't enough. i would bump it up to 2 1/2 or 3 cups.

Strawberry Bread

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups of vegetable oil
• 2 cups strawberries
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2, 9x5x3 loaf pans ( i used 1, 12x5x2 1/2 loaf pan) Mix all dry ingredients together, then add eggs, oil, and vanilla. Mix until incorporated, then fold in strawberries.
Divide batter into pans if using 2. Bake for 1 hour or until top is golden brown. Let it cool in the loaf pan of 10 minutes then flip out.