Strawberry Bread

I made this bread on my hubby's bday instead of cake…. Enjoy this healthy dish in morning as well as in evening...

ingredients:

Maida	2 cup/260 gm
Egg	3
Butter(unsalted,at room temperature)	1/2 cup/110 gm
Powdered sugar	3/4 cup/150gm
Vanilla essence	1 tspoon
Strawberry	1&1/2 cup/360 gm
Nuts(i used almonds and walnuts)	1/2 cup/110 gm
Baking powder	1/2 tspoon
Baking soda	1/2 tspoon
Yogurt	1&1/2 cup/360 gm
Salt	1/4 tspoon
Ground cinnamon(optional)	1 tspoon

Preparation:

(1) Chop strawberries into small pieces. Also crush the nuts. Keep both aside.

(2) Take a large bowl and add butter to it. Beat it with an electric mixer or hand mixer till it is softened. Now add sugar to it and beat well until light and fluffy.

(3) To this add eggs one by one, beating well after each addition. Now pour vanilla extract and beat well. Now the ingredients will be in liquid form. Keep it aside.

(4) In another bowl add maida after sieving two times. To this add baking soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon and salt. Mix well. Keep this dry ingredients aside.

(5) Add this dry ingredients and yogurt to the beaten butter ingredients. Add it alternatively starting and ending with the dry contents. Now you will get a medium thick dough.

(6) To this dough add strawberry and nuts. Mix well. Dough for the preparation of bread is now ready.

(7) Mean while preheat your oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit. Spray the baking vessel with oil and pour batter into it. Bake it in oven for about 60 to 70 minutes or tooth pick inserts comes out clean.

Your strawberry bread is now ready.

Tips:

• Dark brown in bread is from the ground cinnamon. You can skip it if you want.
• Always fill the dough to half of the baking vessel since the amount of dough will rise while baking.