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Strawberry Bread recipe – moist, lightly sweet quick bread loaded with fresh strawberries and  drizzled with a simple cream cheese glaze.

sliced strawberry bread drizzled with cream cheese glaze

Lightly sweet Strawberry Bread is an easy quick bread that doesn’t require yeast or kneading.

It takes advantage of the abundant crop of strawberries from Florida and all the juicy strawberries we’ll be picking soon locally.

Grab a slice with your morning coffee. It’s a great way to start the day.

sliced strawberry bread drizzled with cream cheese glaze

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS RECIPE:

  • It’s an easy recipe for delicious moist strawberry bread.
  • This recipe uses fresh berries and is an ideal way to ring in strawberry season.
  • It’s great for a snack or added to a brunch menu.

INGREDIENTS IN THIS FRESH STRAWBERRY BREAD RECIPE:

sliced strawberry bread drizzled with cream cheese glaze

  • granulated sugar
  • brown sugar
  • milk
  • vegetable oil
  • egg
  • plain Greek yogurt
  • vanilla extract
  • all purpose flour
  • baking soda
  • salt
  • ripe strawberries

CREAM CHEESE GLAZE:

  • cream cheese
  • butter softened to room temp
  • milk
  • confectioners (powdered) sugar
  • vanilla

HOW TO MAKE THIS DELICIOUS STRAWBERRY BREAD:

Blend the wet ingredients together then combine with dry ingredients.

Grease a loaf pan (or line with parchment paper) and set it aside.

strawberry bread 2 step collage showing blending wet ingredients

strawberry bread ~ blending dry and wet ingredients of battery

In a small bowl gently toss the chopped strawberries with flour to coat them and prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the batter.

collage showing flour added to diced stawberries before adding to the bread

Pour the bread batter into the prepared pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 45 minutes or until it’s golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

HOW TO MAKE CREAM CHEESE GLAZE:

While the bread cools, whisk the glaze ingredients together.

Remove bread from the pan onto a wire rack and drizzle the glaze over the top of the bread.

strawberry bread loaf drizzled with cream cheese glaze.

LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MOIST QUICK BREAD RECIPE?

TIPS, SUBS AND VARIATIONS:

  • Bake as strawberry muffins or in mini loaf pans.
  • Store in plastic wrap or an an airtight container at room temp.
  • This bread freezes really well in a zip lock bag.
  • Add lemon zest for a pop of citrus flavor.

Full details in the printable recipe card below. Enjoy!

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sliced strawberry bread drizzled with cream cheese glaze

Strawberry Bread Recipe

A Gouda Life
Moist bread packed with fresh strawberries drizzled with light cream cheese glaze. No yeast or kneading required. Enjoy a slice with coffee in the morning, afternoon snack or add to your brunch menu.
4.20 from 5 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories

Equipment

  • loaf pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all purpose flour divided
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 2 cups fresh strawberries diced

Cream Cheese Glaze

  • 2 ounces cream cheese softened to room temp
  • 1 tablespoon butter softened to room temp
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 3 tablespoons confectioners sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees then grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan and set aside.
  • Dice strawberries then toss with 1/4 cup of the flour then set aside.
  • In a medium bowl blend flour, sugars, salt and baking powder.
  • To a large bowl, add eggs, oil, vanilla and yogurt. Add flour mixture a little at a time until combined then add strawberries stirring just until combined.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.

Glaze:

  • Blend cream cheese, butter (both softened to room temperature), milk, powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
  • Remove bread from the pan onto a wire rack and drizzle the glaze over the top of the bread.
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