Strawberry Banana Bread — This strawberry bread is packed with fresh, juicy strawberries in every bite! This is an easy, no-mixer quick bread recipe you’re going to love!
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I love banana bread. It’s my thing. I’ll take banana bread over a fancy dessert anytime. I couldn’t get enough of this super soft, moist banana bread that’s bursting with juicy strawberries in every bite.
I have over 40 different recipes for banana bread and dozens more for banana muffins and banana cakes. I have an older recipe for a Soft and Fluffy Strawberry Banana Cake, and this strawberry bread is and new and improved rendition of that recipe.
This strawberry banana bread is a fast, easy, no mixer recipe, and because I used oil there’s no butter to cream and no mixer to dirty. Oil keeps bread softer and springier than butter, and I prefer it.
Wow! I made this last night for a neighbor that is unwell. This is so great and one of the easiest quick breads I have made. The banana flavor is subtle, and the brightness of the strawberries makes it a special spring treat! Thank you and I will be making all of your other banana bread recipe variations now :)
Lisa
Ingredients Needed
Desserts with strawberries and bananas are rare and so underrated! For this delicious banana bread recipe with strawberries, you’ll need:
- Egg
- Brown sugar
- Canola oil
- Granulated sugar
- Sour cream
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder and baking soda
- Salt
- Mashed bananas
- Fresh strawberries
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
Sour Cream Swap
Note that you can substitute plain Greek yogurt in place of the sour cream, if desired. Just make sure to use whole fat or low-fat Greek yogurt and not fat-free for the best flavor.
How to Make Strawberry Banana Bread
Making a homemade banana and strawberry loaf is as easy as classic banana bread. Here are the basic recipe steps:
- Mix together the dry ingredients before adding in the wet.
- Stir in the mashed bananas and the diced strawberries before turning the batter into a greased and floured loaf pan.
- Bake for around an hour, or until the top is golden and set and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Once the bread has cooled completely, you can slice and serve it.
Optional Toppings
If desired, slather your strawberry bread with homemade Strawberry Butter or Honey Butter, or drizzle Vanilla Browned Butter Glaze or Cream Cheese Glaze over the entire loaf if you’re feeling fancy.
Recipe FAQs
Of course! The bread stays moist for a couple of days, so you should be fine to make it up to two days before you plan on serving it.
I haven’t tried it myself, but my gut says using whole wheat flour would mess up the texture of this banana bread.
You can use plain Greek yogurt in place of the sour cream if needed. I’ve had a few readers ask if they can omit the yogurt / sour cream altogether, and the answer is no. The yogurt is needed for the proper chemical reactions to occur in the batter so the bread can rise. You might be able to sub in buttermilk, but then you’d have to play around with the amount of dry ingredients.
Baking with bananas and strawberries adds so much moisture that it’s impossible to make a dry loaf. I used fresh strawberries and although the recipe would probably work with frozen, they’ll release more juice and you’ll likely need to compensate by adding more flour.
Recipe Tips and Tricks
To prevent the strawberries from sinking: For this recipe, it’s important that you toss the berries in a little flour before folding them into the batter. If you skip this step, the berries may sink to the bottom of the loaf while it bakes.
If the top is browning too quickly: You may also need to tent the pan with a sheet of foil draped loosely over it in the last 10 minutes or so of baking to prevent top and sides of the banana bread from becoming overly browned before center cooks through.
Freezing: You can easily freeze this bread if desired. Once it cools to room temperature, seal it in a freezer bag. Set it out on your counter to thaw overnight when you’re ready to dig in.
Storage Instructions
Room temp: Bread will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week.
Freezer: Wrap the entire loaf OR individual slices in plastic wrap and then seal in a freezer bag. Bread will last up to 3 months. When ready to eat, thaw on your counter for 90 minutes to 2 hours.
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Strawberry Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ⅓ cup canola or vegetable oil, liquid-state coconut oil may be substituted
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup sour cream, lite is okay; or Greek yogurt may be substituted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, plus additional if necessary (see step 4 in directions)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas, about 2 large or 3 small bananas
- 1 ½ cups fresh strawberries, quartered and tossed in 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray one 9×5-inch loaf pan with floured cooking spray, or grease and flour the pan; set aside. Note – Loaf is not very tall as baked in a 9×5 pan, but I fear an 8×4 pan will be a bit too skimpy.
- To a large bowl, add the the first six ingredients, through vanilla, and whisk to combine.
- Add 1 1/4 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and fold with spatula or stir gently with a spoon until just combined; don’t overmix.
- Add the bananas and fold gently to combine.
- Add the strawberries tossed in 3 tablespoons flour and fold gently to combine. Batter should be on the thicker side. If it’s not, you may wish to add up to 1/4 cup additional flour. All bananas and strawberries vary in their moisture content and the consistency of batters will vary. The berries will release water into batter during baking and it’s better to err on the side of a thicker than thinner batter by adding additional flour if you deem it necessary.
- Turn batter out into the prepared pan , smoothing the top lightly with a spatula.
- Bake for about 55 to 65 minutes (I baked 60 minutes) or until the top is golden, the center is set, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter.*
- Allow bread to cool in pan for about 15 minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool completely before slicing and serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Originally posted August 14, 2015 and reposted May 7, 2021 with updated text.
Used your wonderful recipe as my guide. I doubled the recipe and used a hand chopper to chop the strawberries up more. Didn’t dip them in flour. I added 1 and a half cups chopped pecans and 1 and a half cups of semisweet chocolate chips. I also used coconut sugar in place of brown sugar. I did add more flour to recipe as needed. I made a big loaf of bread, an 8 inch square pan cake and 6 huge muffins out of the batter. Cooking times were different for all 3 pans but they turned out perfectly! I also whipped up some homemade cream cheese frosting for the lot and it was all gone very quickly. Gonna have to make some more!! 😋😋
Used your wonderful recipe as my guide. I doubled the recipe and used a hand chopper to chop the strawberries up more. Didn’t dip them in flour. I added 1 and a half cups chopped pecans and 1 and a half cups of semisweet chocolate chips. I also used coconut sugar in place of brown sugar. I did add more flour to recipe as needed. I made a big loaf of bread, an 8 inch square pan cake and 6 huge muffins out of the batter. Cooking times were different for all 3 pans but they turned out perfectly! I also whipped up some homemade cream cheese frosting for the lot and it was all gone very quickly. Gonna have to make some more!! 😋😋
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad this was great and you’re going to make more!
I baked it tonight for my daughter’s 44th birthday tomorrow…I almost had to slice into it cause it looked so good ! But I’ll wait to give it out tomorrow night…took all my patience!
A proud father and grandfather in Atlanta
What a lovely thing to bake this for her for her birthday! I am sure she will be so touched by the gesture. Hope it is a lovely day for all.
I had strawberries I needed to use before they went bad so I decided to give this a try. I swapped the flour for gluten free flour and used Greek yogurt and it was absolutely delicious! Thank you!
I had strawberries I needed to use before they went bad so I decided to give this a try. I swapped the flour for gluten free flour and used Greek yogurt and it was absolutely delicious! Thank you!
Thanks for the five star review and glad to hear this was great with GF flour and Greek yogurt!
I made this today to use up strawberries before they went bad. So good and easy! I didn’t tent but kept watch and was fully done in little over an hour. Thank you!
I made this today to use up strawberries before they went bad. So good and easy! I didn’t tent but kept watch and was fully done in little over an hour. Thank you!
Thanks for the five star review and glad the recipe came in handy so you could use up your strawberries!
Just put this in my oven. FYI, when I printed the recipe the instructions for stirring in the dry ingredients was missing…. not sure why….
Maybe it was just a glitch with your printer and how everything oriented on the page. It looks fine on my end but thank you for mentioning it I will look into it further.
I followed the recipe as listed on here and it was delicious. I took my chances and made several loaves for neighbors as well and everyone fell in love with it!!! It is definitely saved under faves! Thanks for sharing.
I followed the recipe as listed on here and it was delicious. I took my chances and made several loaves for neighbors as well and everyone fell in love with it!!! It is definitely saved under faves! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the five star review and I’m glad it was delicious and that your neighbors and everyone loved it and you’re saving it under your faves!
I made the strawberry banana loaf. Was very disappointed as it turned out soaking wet and had to throw it out. I followed the recipe exactly. It looked and felt cooked until I took it out of the pan. Maybe I will try again without using strawberries.
I made the strawberry banana loaf. Was very disappointed as it turned out soaking wet and had to throw it out. I followed the recipe exactly. It looked and felt cooked until I took it out of the pan. Maybe I will try again without using strawberries.
Did you read the Notes section? I discuss baking info. This is a very moist bread and you just have to bake it until it’s done and in your case, it just wasn’t done. That’s all. You didn’t bake it long enough which is easy to fix if you make it again.
I’ve never made banana bread before. But I don’t think it came out completely right. Part of it may be my oven. My oven doesn’t have a heating element on the bottom. There’s only one on the top.
So about the bread. I baked it for around 65 minutes. It passed the toothpick test. The top also felt very springy to the touch. But I’m not sure it’s fully cooked through and through. The top of the bread is definitely done. The inside of the upper part of the bread has the “holey” crumb-y look of bread/cake. Parts of the bottom of the bread however, while not being totally raw, look very moist without being pure liquid-this is esp true if there are pieces of strawberry near the area.
As for taste-it definitely doesn’t taste bad. But it seems a bit on the bland side. Maybe the strawberries mellowed it out. But I’m used to a stronger banana taste. And as for texture-maybe we are used to different types of banana bread. Most banana bread that I have had been on the dense side. This isn’t as dense. I’m wondering if maybe using whole wheat flour might make the density more similar to what I’m used to.
I’d like to make it again. But I’m not sure what I can do to ensure the bottom is cooked more next time.. Do you have any suggestions?
You have lots of questions from texture to flavor and really the only way to know is going to be experiment. Not sure if whole wheat will work or you will like it, give it a try. I don’t know. Bland? Add a 1/2 tsp more of salt.
As for the raw or not being fully cooked through, if you have a doubt, it’s not cooked through and needs to be baked longer since there is raw egg involved. Tent it with a sheet of foil if the top looks like it’s getting overly done before the inside cooks through.
meant to give you 5 stars…excellent recipe for strawberries that are very tough and and not so flavourful
i used have as much brown sugar, but thinking of omitting the sugar all together because i find the bananas very sweet when i make smoothies with just strawberries, ice and plain yougurt.
Any thoughts???
I can’t comment on that because I’ve only made this recipe as written. You would have to experiment and see if it works well with reduced sugar or only brown sugar.
meant to give you 5 stars…excellent recipe for strawberries that are very tough and and not so flavourful
Thanks!
I just made this and made into muffins. I used plain Greek yogurt,coconut oil,gluten-free all purpose flour,frozen blueberries and fresh strawberries. It turned out great!!
I just made this and made into muffins. I used plain Greek yogurt,coconut oil,gluten-free all purpose flour,frozen blueberries and fresh strawberries. It turned out great!!
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad the recipe worked great as muffins!