Oatmeal Strawberry Bread

I came up with this bread late one night because I had too many strawberry that were about to go bad. I love it. This works equally well with fresh or frozen strawberries.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 285 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 ½ cups rolled oats
• 1 ½ cups vegetable oil
• ¼ cup rolled oats
• 1 ¼ pounds fresh strawberries, sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 7x3 inch loaf pans.

Step 2

Stir together the flour, 1 1/2 cups rolled oats, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil and eggs; stir into flour mixture until just moistened. Fold in strawberries. Pour into the prepared loaf pans, and sprinkle the tops with the remaining 1/4 cup of rolled oats.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool the strawberry bread in the pans for 5 minutes before cooling completely on a wire rack.