Cooking with Doyle

It's strawberry season, and there's nothing like home baking with fresh strawberries that you pick yourself.  I went a little overboard and picked 13 pound of berries, so now it's time to use them up.  Here's a recipe for some quick bread that will impress your friends and leave your mouth watering.  Makes three loaves.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 1/4 cup sugar
• 5 eggs
• 16oz sour cream
• 3 tsp vanilla
• 5 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 tsp cinnamon
• 2 1/2 cup chopped fresh strawberries

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar.  Add in eggs, sour cream, & vanilla.
2. In separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, & cinnamon.  Combine mixtures, just until moistened.  Fold in strawberries.  Batter will be thick.
3. Grease bottoms only of three 8-inch loaf pans.  Divide batter evenly.
4. Bake at 350ºF for 60 minutes.  Let cool on wire rack.