Strawberry Cream Cheese Bread

Strawberry Cream Cheese Bread

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

1/2 brick cream cheese, softened (4 oz)

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup buttermilk

1  1/2 cups strawberries, rinsed, dried and chopped

Instructions: Grease and flour a 9x5 inch bread pan. With electric mixer, cream butter, sugar and cream cheese until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Mix in vanilla. 

In separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Combine flour mixture with butter mixture just until blended. Add buttermilk and only stir until just combined--do not over mix. 

Fold in strawberries. The dough mixture will be thick. Pour in prepared  bread pan. Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes. 

Let cool at least 15 minutes before removing from pan.