Perfect Strawberry Banana Bread Recipe

Why You'll Love This Recipe

• You’ll love just how adaptable this easy quick bread recipe is.
• It's invented for those overripe bananas you have lying around but don’t know what to do with.
• It’s so seriously delicious, that you'll want to eat the whole loaf by yourself!
• Midday pick-me-up or after-work indulgence, a slice of it will never fail to make you smile.

Recipe Ingredients

Flour: I used wholewheat flour for this recipe. But you can use all-purpose or "plain" flour too.

Sugar: This time I used jaggery powder to sweeten the easy strawberry bread recipe, and it lent that extra depth of earthy, caramelly flavor that made the banana bread sing! Caster sugar, brown sugar, or regular granulated sugar will work just as well.

Keep in mind that the color of your bread will change. Jaggery and brown sugar both make for a darker loaf. Caster and regular sugar give it a lighter hue.

Butter: If you’re not using salted butter like me, add ¼ teaspoon of salt to the batter along with the other dry ingredients. Use melted coconut oil or any vegetable oil as a substitute.

Mix-ins: It’s so easy to make this recipe for strawberry bread your own. Chocolate chips or chopped chunks of couverture chocolate are optional, but it’s ace with them, especially if you like a sweeter-tasting bread. Yum! Walnuts will go beautifully here, like in my walnut & fig banana bread.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

How To Make Banana Strawberry Bread

Step 1: With a handheld (or electric) whisk, beat softened butter and sugar till creamy. About 2 minutes.

Step 2: Incorporate eggs and vanilla extract. At this point, the mixture may look curdled but don’t panic.

Step 3: Add your mashed, overripe bananas to it.

Step 4: Then sift in the flour, baking soda, and baking powder right into the bowl.

Step 5: Mix just until no dry streaks are visible.

Step 6: Fold in chopped strawberries.

Optional step: Whisk in chocolate chips in the batter of this strawberry quick bread.

Step 7: Transfer to a greased 8 by 4 or 9 by 5 loaf pan.

Step 8: Top with extra strawberries and chocolate chips, and bake for 55 to 65 minutes.

Step 9: Let the loaf rest in the pan for 5–10 minutes. Then turn it over on a wire rack to cool completely.

Final step: Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.

Pro Tips

• Sifting the dry ingredients breaks big lumps, makes mixing the banana bread with strawberries easier, and gives a consistent batter.
• Toss your diced strawberries in a little bit of flour before you fold them into the batter so they don’t sink to the bottom of the strawberry loaf cake.
• Don’t overmix the batter in this strawberry banana bread recipe, or you’ll have a dense loaf.
• My strawberry banana bread was baked in about an hour. When a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, that’s when yours is done.
• If you notice the top of the bread browning too much, loosely cover it with aluminum foil.

How To Serve

Serve the strawberry bread warm or at room temperature—whatever tempts your palate.

• It’s the perfect teacake to kick back with a cup of coffee or tea.
• Or, you can serve it with a scoop of ice cream, for a little indulgence.
• I love it toasted and slathered with butter for my breakfast! Try it with some apple butter or honey cinnamon butter!