It’s been a while since I made a quick bread. They’re truly one of my favorite things to bake, although I don’t seem to make them often. Anyway, I decided to take advantage of all the summer berries by making a simple bread with strawberries.
Of course, what goes better with strawberries than cream cheese? Granted, I’m pretty much always looking for an excuse to use cream cheese, but this is truly a fabulous use for it.
The bread itself is packed with oats and brown sugar and strawberries, making a pretty tasty treat on its own. But, to me, the best part of this bread is that the sweetened cream cheese mixture isn’t completely mixed into the bread. Instead, it’s just slightly mixed into the batter with a few turns of a spoon. The result is that you get little bursts of big cream cheese flavor every few bites.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract, divided
- 6 ounces strawberries, chopped
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a standard 9"x 5" loaf pan.
Whisk together flour, oats, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Beat butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix well. Gradually mix in flour mixture. Stir in strawberries.
In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. Add to bread mixture, stirring 4-5 turns until streaked with cream cheese mixture.
Transfer batter to prepared loaf pan. Bake 35-40 minutes, or until a pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack before serving.
http://www.bakeorbreak.com/2012/07/strawberry-cream-cheese-bread/
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:42 pm
This looks so moist and decadent! Definitely going to give this a whirl!
July 2nd, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Sounds wonderful! Do you think I could use frozen strawberries?
July 2nd, 2012 at 2:36 pm
mary, frozen should work just fine.
July 2nd, 2012 at 2:51 pm
Mmm I need a whole lotta this! Love it!
July 2nd, 2012 at 3:14 pm
This looks great! A perfect way to make good use of all of those summer berries!
July 2nd, 2012 at 6:33 pm
I love cream cheese in anything, and this bread in partiular sounds very yummy.
July 3rd, 2012 at 4:29 am
I think you skipped a step. When does oat mixture get added?
July 3rd, 2012 at 5:58 am
I had to bake this late last night after seeing the post. It was quick to put together. Although I really wanted to try it after baking, I fell asleep while waiting for it to cool…I ran to the kitchen to try it first thing this morning. It is amazing!! I love the brown sugar/oat combination with the strawberries, and the cream cheese swirl is soooo good. I can’t wait to make this again for family! Thanks for the yummy recipe.
July 3rd, 2012 at 6:04 am
Shawn F., you’re absolutely right! It’s fixed now. Thank you so much!
July 3rd, 2012 at 1:01 pm
jennifer, thank you for your prompt response yesterday! Used frozen berries, altho I defrosted enough to drain some juice off them. Worked great! Would you store leftovers in refrigerator? Wonderful recipe!
July 4th, 2012 at 9:16 am
mary, I would refrigerate unless it will al be eaten within a day or two.
July 4th, 2012 at 10:20 am
That looks very delicious!
July 6th, 2012 at 12:33 am
Will HAVE to give this recipe a go have never seen a bread recipe as scrumptious as this! I bet it’s one of those recipes that’s so good that I will have to bake one for myself in secret so I don’t have to share ;p
July 10th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
So Good! This is so right up my alley. I love that the cream cheese is not completely mixed in yet it still looks like a moist slice of pure goodness.
July 15th, 2012 at 4:15 pm
This recipe is on my weekly roundup!
http://saltedspoon.blogspot.com/2012/07/whilst-im-not-cooking-11.html
September 24th, 2012 at 8:21 am
Can we substitute the strawberries for “guava paste”??? It mix great with cream cheese!
September 24th, 2012 at 8:36 am
Angie, I’ve never used guava paste, so I can’t say if it would work or not. If you try it, let me know how it works.
September 29th, 2012 at 8:42 am
Substituted the strawberries with homemade jam (peaches, strawberries and plums with a dash of honey) and it came out really good, despite several ‘opps-noob-baker-should have read the directions more carefully) moments (like not properly creaming the butter and the cream cheese mixture was of a softer consistency then suggested). So delicious, thank you for sharing this!
October 16th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Oh, this sounds divine. Summer’s coming up down here in Oz, too, so – strawberry season! Yum.
November 5th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Hi! I managed to find so sweet red strawberries at Trader Joe’s a few days ago and finally tried your recipe. Success! I think it would also be excellent with blueberries, so next tie I’ll see how it works with frozen ones.
Bonus: for a little extra decadence, I smushed together some butter, brown sugar and cinnamon ad sprinkled it over the top just before I put the pan in the oven!