Strawberry Banana Bread

I know, I know; I just did blueberry banana bread.  But hey, I love bread with fruit in it, what can I say?

Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1.2 tsp. baking powder

1 stick unsalted butter softened
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar

2 eggs beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

3 over ripe bananas mashed (about 1 cup)

1/2 cup strawberries, pureed

1 cup fresh chopped strawberries, chopped

1/2 c. chopped pecans (or any other nut you prefer) (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375, and grease a loaf pan.

In a small bowl add the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Whisk together.

In a larger bowl (or stand-up mixer bowl) add butter, sugars, and eggs. Cream together until smooth and well combined, then add the vanilla. Add mashed bananas, and strawberry puree and blend until combined.  Add the flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time blending until no white is visible. Add chopped strawberries and pecans and gently fold into batter.

Pour batter into loaf pan and bake for 45-55 minutes or until a thin knife or toothpick comes out clean.

Let cool in pan for 10 minutes then turn onto a wire rack to continue cooling.

I always like to eat my fruit breads with cream cheese, but butter or nothing at all is good too!

*Recipe adapted from 

http://culinaryinfatuation.blogspot.com/2009/02/strawberry-banana-bread-with-pecans.html

- Sarah