Strawberry Swirl Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup fresh strawberries or 1 cup frozen strawberries
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten

Recipe

• 1 make swirl first.
• 2 mix all ingredients together until smooth. set aside.
• 3 grease and flour one 9x5 loaf pan.
• 4 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 5 make bread.
• 6 combine dry ingredients.
• 7 combine strawberries, margarine, egg, and water.
• 8 mix strawberry mixture into dry ingredients just till moistened.
• 9 pour all but 2 cups into prepared loaf pan.
• 10 pour cream cheese swirl mixture over strawberry batter: top with reserved strawberry batter.
• 11 cut through batter with a knife to create swirl.
• 12 bake 1 hour and 10 minutes. cool on wire rack for 10 minutes, remove from pan, cool completely before cutting.
• 13 store tightly wrapped in plastic in refrigerator. keeps several months if wrapped well and frozen.