While Alexa was at the house, she prepped the strawberries beautifully. She chopped off the tops, then washed them and dried them all until they were ready to use. I am telling you, we had a wonderful time chopping strawberries and mashing bananas which got me thinking that this was the perfect recipe to make with kids. There is so much hands on things you can do with this recipe and your grand kids will love all the washing and drying, mashing and stirring involved in this recipe!
Check out what our friends over at The Recipe Critic had to say about this:
“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!”
Oh, and on top of this all, your house will smell positively delicious!
Ingredients
½ cup (1 stick) Land O’ Lakes butter, softened
1 cup granulated Domino sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
3 ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups Gold Medal flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1½ cups fresh strawberries chopped & tossed in 1 Tablespoon of flour
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Spray two 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl, using an electric or 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 OVERMIX! Fold in floured covered strawberries.
Pour batter into prepared loaf pans and bake at 375F for 15 minutes. REDUCE heat to 350F 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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Quick Tip: Serve with a heaping scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Thanks again to The Recipe Critic for this amazing recipe.
