Posted in breakfast, dessert, tagged banana, dessert, food, oatmeal, quick bread, recipe, sour cream, strawberries, vegan on June 25, 2010 |
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I have always loved strawberries. When I was three I named my cat Strawberry. Actually, I pretty much love all fruit. I dare you to find a fruit I don’t like. Wait, I have one for you: durian. My problem with durian is 100% the smell. I want my fruit to smell sweet or tart, I do not want it to smell like compost. Luckily I don’t come across durian very often. But I am getting off track here. Back to strawberries. Mmm strawberries. I mean, come on.
Last weekend I found myself with more strawberries than I could possibly eat and several bananas quickly going past their prime. I had been toying with the ideas of making a strawberry sour cream loaf and banana oatmeal bread for a couple of weeks now, but when all of the ingredients landed in my lap (or more precisely my fridge) in a must use quickly form, I figured, why not combine the two recipes for all-around deliciousness.
Now, it took a couple of tries to get this recipe right. Between all the fruit it was hard to keep the bread, well, bread-like. But after some careful tweaking with the formula, it came out beautifully: well-risen, moist but not gummy, and bread like. The end product is amazing, if I do say so myself.
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