Strawberry Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
1 cup granulated sugar, divided
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter, melted

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0. Lightly grease and flour a standard glass (8x5\") loaf pan.
Rinse, core and slice the strawberries; place in a small bowl and sprinkle with 1/2 cup sugar.
In a large mixing bowl, blend together the remaining sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
In a medium bowl, beat the eggs until foamy, then add the vanilla and melted butter. Make sure the melted butter isn't too hot-just barely melted.
Stir in the strawberries. Combine the two mixtures, blending until the dry ingredients are moistened.
Scrape the batter into the pan and bake for 60-70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove the pan from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes before removing the bread from the pan.