
How To Make Strawberry-Pecan Quick Bread
Whip up this tasty and quick bread that’s loaded with the ambrosial flavor of dried strawberries, also dotted a dash of pecans for added crunch.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1½cupall-purpose flour
- 1½tspbaking powder
- ½tspsalt
- 1cupsugar,plus an additional 2 tbsp
- 1tspcinnamon
- 1unsalted butter,(1 stick)
- 2eggs
- 1tsppure vanilla extract
- ½cupmilk
- ¾cupstrawberries,dried
- ½dashpecans
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Spray a 9×5-inch loaf pan with vegetable oil.
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In a medium bowl, whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt.
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In a small bowl, mix 2 tablespoons of sugar with cinnamon.
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In a large bowl, beat the butter with the remaining 1 cup of sugar until pale and fluffy.
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At medium speed, add the eggs 1 at a time. Beat until each 1 is fully incorporated before adding the next.
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Add the vanilla.
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At low speed, working in 2 batches, beat in the dry ingredients and milk.
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Using a spatula, fold in the dried strawberries and pecans.
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Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle evenly with the cinnamon sugar.
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Bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Let the bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
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Let cool completely before slicing.
Recipe Notes
Make-Ahead: The bread can be wrapped in plastic and kept at room temperature for up to 2 days.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 315.44kcal
- Fat:Â 13.26g
- Saturated Fat:Â 7.92g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.47g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 3.52g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.79g
- Carbohydrates:Â 45.33g
- Fiber:Â 1.09g
- Sugar:Â 26.60g
- Protein:Â 4.48g
- Cholesterol:Â 71.88mg
- Sodium:Â 237.74mg
- Calcium:Â 99.62mg
- Potassium:Â 88.05mg
- Iron:Â 1.48mg
- Vitamin A: 121.02µg
- Vitamin C:Â 8.39mg
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