Strawberry Cider Quick Bread w/ fresh strawberries and balsamic
flavorful and fruity quickbread made with 2towns strawberry haze cider and fresh strawberries
Course Bread, Dessert
Cuisine American, Baking, Bread
Prep Time 15minutes
Cook Time 50minutes
Total Time 1hour5minutes
Servings 1loaf
Ingredients
strawberry balsamic
4ouncescut and cleaned fresh strawberrieschopped fine or smashed
1/4cupsugar
1-2teaspooons balsamic vinegar
dry ingredients
2cupsof flour
3/4cupsugarplus more for sprinkling on top
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/2teaspoon baking soda
1/2teaspoon kosher salt
wet ingredients
2 eggslarge
1/4cupoil of choiceeither a neutral oil like vegetable or canola or for slighly more flavor a light olive oil, avoid extra virgin unless you really love that flavor as it can overwhelm
1cupstrawberry haze cider
strawberry balsamic sauce variation
16 ounces fresh strawberrieschopped fine or smashed
1 cupstrawberry haze cider
1/4 cup sugar
1Tablespoonbalsamic vinegar
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350°F
Butter and flour a baking dish- either a 9x5 loaf pan or a 9x9 square baking pan (see notes above)
combine fresh strawberries, 1/4 cup sugar, and balsamic vinegar in a small sauce pan or microwavable bowl, heat just slightly and then remove from heat. allow to macerate until sugar has completely dissolved (about 15 minutes total)
in a large bowl combine dry ingredients including remaining sugar and stil or whisk to throughly combine
whisk together wet ingredients (cider, egg, and oil) and then slowly add to dry mixture folding to combine until no large dry bits remain
fold in stawberry balsamic mixture (streaks of the balsamic can remain, just try and get it equally distributed) and pour into prepared baking dish, sprinkle top with a bit of raw sugar
Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean or, more reliably, when internal temperature reaches at least 195-200 F
allow to cool for 5-10 minutes or so, remove from pan
serve just warm on its own or see variation below
strawberry balsamic sauce variation
combine fresh strawberries, sugar, cider, and balsamic in a medium saucepan and simmer until slightly thickened and saucy, about fifteen minutes.
remove from heat and reserve 1/2 cup of the sauce to swirl into the batter instead of the strawberry balsamic
use the remaining sauce to top the slices of strawberry bread with, add whipped cream and nom nom nom
Notes
you can easily make this a dessert check out the variation for Strawberry Cider Quick Bread w/ fresh strawberries and balsamic written above