Strawberry chocolate chip bread? You have my attention!

Just in time for Thanksgiving!  Be a little different (and a little better) this year with this scrumptious and easy to make strawberry chocolate chip bread!

You’ll need:
2 cups fresh strawberries
3/4 cup sugar
1-1/2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs, beaten (show those egg’s who’s boss!)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom and sides of a 9 x 5-inch pan and dust with flour.

• Puree 1 cup of strawberries in the blender and transfer to a medium bowl. Slice remaining 1 cup of strawberries and place in the medium bowl with the strawberry puree. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup sugar and set aside.

• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Add oil, eggs and vanilla extract to the strawberry mixture, stir to combine. Add strawberry mixture to flour mixture, blending until dry ingredients are just moistened. Add the chocolate chips. Scrape batter into pan and smooth surface with a spatula.

• Bake until top is golden and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 to 50 minutes.  Let cool in pan on wire rack for about 10 minutes and then onto the wire rack to cool completely

Don’t eat it all at once (unless you really want to!)