Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Recipe to share for Strawberry Season

We love to eat what is in season...not only because it is fabulously fresh and delicious, but also because it is the best thing for the environment! Since strawberries are in season right now, I thought I would share one of my family's favorite quickbread recipes. I altered a recipe I found at allrecipes.com! Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS
2 cups fresh strawberries
1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups wheat flour
1/4 cup flax seed meal
1/4 cup wheat germ
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 cups canola oil
4 eggs, beaten
1 1/4 cups chopped pecans (optional, my son does not like nuts in his bread)

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
Slice strawberries, and place in medium-sized bowl. Sprinkle lightly with sugar, and set aside while preparing bread mixture.
Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda in large bowl: mix well. Blend oil and eggs into strawberries. Add strawberry mixture to flour mixture, blending until dry ingredients are just moistened. Stir in pecans. Divide batter into pans.
Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until tester inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn loaves out, and cool completely.

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