Strawberry Bread and a Prayer...

Yes, its true! I absolutely love strawberries...they are supper yummy! Back home, we would go to this place and pick our own...I would love to sneak a few while I was picking...and eat them right there in the garden! They are always so much better before you put them in the frig.

A couple weeks ago, I tried this strawberry bread from a recipe book my sister-in-law, Heather, gave us when Jonathan and I were married. It was so good...I wished I had taken pictures, but alas, the bread is gone and probably added to my weight...sigh...why does good food have to be TOO good? I'll never understand...

Strawberry Bread

Makes 2 Loaves

• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups self rising flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 1 cup oil
• 3 cups fresh strawberries or 2 (10 oz.) frozen pkgs., thawed and drained (save juice)

(Save 1/2 cup and 1/4 cup of juice.) Combine sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, eggs, and oil. Stir, add strawberries and 1/4 cup juice. Mix well. Pour into 2 well greased loaf pans. Bake at 300 (this part didn't work out for me...the time wasn't right or the temp...so I looked at another recipe, and the temp was 350 for 30-40 minutes...after cooking at 300 mine was not done in the center...so next time, I'll bake at 350.) for 30-40 minutes. Glaze: Combine 1/2 cup strawberry juice, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup powdered sugar. Stir until dissolved. Drizzle over loaf.

Kitchen Prayer

Bless my little kitchen, Lord

And light it with Thy love.

Help me plan and make my meals

From Thy Heavenly Home above.

Bless our meals with Thy presence

And warm them with Thy grace;

Watch over me as I do my work,

Washing pots, pans, and plates.

The service I am trying to do

Is to make my family content,

So bless my eager efforts, Lord

And make them Heaven sent.

Mrs. Julia Pennington