Grandma's Strawberry Banana Bread for the Bread Machine

Always put liquids in the bread pan first.

• Yogurt - I used Yoplait fat-free Strawberry Banana - 6 oz.


• Strawberries - Mashed* - 1/2 + cup - I buy frozen Strawberries, measured out 1 cupful, thawed and then mashed, which made almost 3/4 cup, but I put it all in anyway. Probably shouldn't have.


• Bananas - Mashed* - 1 /2 cup - 2 medium bananas made just a little over 1/2 cup. Of course I used it all.


• Vanilla - 1/2 teaspoon

That was easy enough. Let's see what's next.

Place the fruit in a baggie and seal, removing as much as air you can. Then mash with your hands. This is an idea I saw on the internet. I like it because not only is it a time-saver, but it is also quite un-messy. Don't forget to defrost the Strawberries first - they're VERY COLD.

Then just upend the opened bag over the bread pan and "smoosh" the fruit out. Add the Yogurt and Vanilla. Next - the Dry Ingredients.

(My computer doesn't like "Smooshing", but it's a good descriptive verb in my opinion.)

Now for the dry ingredients.

• Bread Flour - 2 cups


• Whole Wheat Flour - 2 cups


• Oats - Old-Fashioned uncooked - 2/3 cup


• Cinnamon - 1 teaspoon

This is so easy. I love making bread.

Almost done.

• Margarine - 2 Tablespoons - quartered - 1 quarter in each corner on top of dry ingredients - I like "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" margarine. It has a pleasant buttery taste.


• Yeast - Bread Machine kind - 2 1/2 teaspoons. Make a small hole in the center for the yeast - don't go through to the liquid.

Close the lid. Set the Bread Machine for a 2-pound Wheat Bread Loaf.
My Bread Machine beeps when it's in the mixing stage. That's when I make sure all the flours have mixed in well. If necessary, I help a little with a rubber spatula. Using a rubber spatula is safer for the Bread Pan and it's Paddle Mixer.

Cuisinart CBK-200 2-Pound Convection Automatic Bread Maker

Norpro 370 Bread Slicerand Guide with Crumb Catcher

Don't put a fork in it, use a toothpick. Stick the toothpick into the center of the loaf. If it comes out clean, your Strawberry Banana Bread is done.

Using a potholder (this is one I crocheted), careful not to touch the Bread Pan or the inside of the Bread Machine, lift the Pan by the handle straight up and out of the Bread Machine.

Set the Bread Pan with its precious cargo of Strawberry Banana Bread in a safe place. Let it cool for at least 10 minutes.

I forgot to take the photo before I cut the bread in half for freezing. It wouldn't go seamlessly back together again. But you get the idea.

Usually I quarter the bread-loaf. Three of the quarters are bagged separately in freezer baggies. The fourth quarter is kept in a storage baggie on the kitchen table. The home-made breads won't keep as long as the store-bought varieties. However, mine have been good for over a week on the table and a good 3 months in the freezer. They might possibly keep longer than that, except the home-made breads are always eaten before that much time goes by.

p.s. That loaf of store-bought bread has been in there about 3 months or so. It could last forever in there.

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