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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 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients

strawberry balsamic

  • 4 ounces cut and cleaned fresh strawberries chopped fine or smashed
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1-2 teaspooons balsamic vinegar

dry ingredients

  • 2 cups of flour
  • 3/4 cup sugar plus more for sprinkling on top
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

wet ingredients

  • 2 eggs large
  • 1/4 cup oil of choice either 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
  • 1 cup strawberry haze cider

strawberry balsamic sauce variation

  • 16 ounces fresh strawberries chopped fine or smashed
  • 1 cup strawberry haze cider
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon balsamic 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