Strawberry Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh strawberries
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 3 ⅛ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 ¼ cups vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs, beaten
• 1 ¼ cups chopped pecans

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9×5-inch loaf pans.
• Slice strawberries and place in a medium-sized bowl. Sprinkle lightly with 1 tablespoon sugar and toss to coat.
• Combine flour, 2 cups sugar, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda in large bowl; mix well.
• Blend oil and eggs into strawberries. Add strawberry mixture to flour mixture, blending until dry ingredients are just moistened. Stir in pecans. Divide batter into pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes (test each loaf separately).
• Remove from the oven and let cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn loaves out of pans, and allow to cool before slicing.