Strawberry Banana Bread

This is the second installment for my banana bread post.  This variation uses fresh strawberries to give an extra fruity element to the bread and some vanilla for a slightly different flavor.  You can view the original basic recipe here.

Let's get straight to the good stuff, shall we?

You will need:

3 over-ripe bananas
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1-1/2 cup flour (1 cup all-purpose + 1/2 cup whole wheat works well)
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 salt
1/2 cup sugar (I used turbinado)
1/2 -3/4 cup chopped fresh strawberries (could probably use frozen as well)

Preheat your oven to 350F/180C.

Peel your bananas and put them in a big mixing bowl with the melted butter.

Mash the bananas with the butter.  Add the egg...

...and mash.  Add the vanilla.

Add the flour, salt, baking soda, and sugar.

Mix and add the strawberries.

Fold in the strawberries and put in a greased 9"x5" loaf pan or 3 mini loaf pans.

Bake in the preheated oven 55-60 minutes for 9x5 pan or aobut 50 minutes for the mini loaf pans.  When done transfer to a cooling rack to cool.

This concludes the chapter on banana breads.  Stay tuned for more recipes!