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Whole Wheat Strawberry Snack Bread

Makes twelve 3x3” squares

Ingredients

  • 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 3/4 cups (225 g) coconut sugar
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 3/4 cup (175 ml) whole milk
  • 2 1/4 cups (320 g) whole wheat flour
  • 2 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 pounds fresh strawberries, destemmed, thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp white sugar 

Substitutions:

  • Olive Oil—> Equal parts vegetable, avocado, grapeseed, or other neutral-flavored oil. Melted, cooled butter will also work.
  • Coconut Sugar—> 1 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar. Or, 1 1/2 cups white sugar. I think all brown sugar would be too much, but I haven’t tried it!Vanilla
  • Extract—> Use 2 teaspoons total of almond extract. Or, 2 teaspoons good bourbon.
  • Almond Extract—> Use 3 teaspoons total of vanilla extract.
  • Don’t have EITHER extract?—> Add the zest of 1 lemon, or 1 teaspoon orange zest or lime zest. We need some additional flavor here, people!Whole
  • Milk—> Any non-dairy milk should also work in this instance, though I didn’t test it. I think sour cream or yogurt would be great!
  • Whole Wheat Flour—> All Purpose flour would be great. Swap in small amounts of almond or buckwheat flour in equal parts (so, if you want to add 1/4 cup almond flour just remove 1/4 cup of whole wheat). I don’t recommend any coconut flour here, it will dry the bread out.
  • Baking Powder—> If you don’t have baking powder, stir in 1 tablespoon lemon juice to the milk and let it sit for 10 minutes to create buttermilk. Then add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • .Strawberries—> Peaches or plums would be LOVELY here. No fresh fruit? Swirl 1/2 cup of fruity jam into the top of the cake!
  • White Sugar—> Use whatever sugar you have. 

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x13” cake pan with olive oil.
  • Stir oil, sugar, and salt together until smooth. Stir in eggs one at a time until fully combined, then the vanilla and almond extracts.
  • Stir in the whole milk, it’ll take a minute to fully combine but stick with it, it will come together!
  • Dump the whole wheat and almond flour on top of the oil mixture, but don’t mix it yet! Add the baking powder on top of the flour and stir it into the flour so that it gets evenly distributed and doesn’t clump up in one place! Now stir everything together until just combined.
  • Pour batter into the cake pan. Add strawberries over top in an even layer. Sprinkle the strawberries with white sugar (it just works better than coconut sugar here to help the berries get all jammy).
  • Bake for 45 mins to an hour, until the edges are totally set. The center will still look a bit wet and gooey bc of the berries, that’s ok! It will set up as it cools.
  • Allow to cool completely, then slice and enjoy!
  • Store uncovered in the refrigerator. Per Deb, covering it makes the top get sticky!
Author: Caroline Chambers