My 99th experiment: Strawberry blueberry bread

Both my strawberry bread and blueberry bread have been such a success that I am really tempted to make more of them.

Recipe: Strawberry blueberry bread (2 mini loaves)

Ingredients:
- 1.5 cup KAF all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tp baking soda
- 1TB+1tp sugar
- 1/4 tp kosher salt
- 2.5 TB butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup skim milk
- 2 cups strawberries (about 2/3 lb), chopped coarsely
- 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, thawed

Procedure:
1. Sieve together flour, baking soda, sugar, salt in a medium bowl.
2. Beat egg, melted butter and milk in a small bowl.
3. Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients.
4. Add berries. Stir and mix until batter is uniformly moist.
5. Pour batter into greased pans.
6. Bake at 350F in preheated oven for about 40 minutes.
7. Cool for 10 minutes. Detach from pan. Cool for at least 1 hour before serving.

Results:
11:23am, all ingredients:

11:33am, wet ingredients and dry ingredients:

11:36am, batter mixed:

11:43am, batter top in pan:

11:43am, batter height in pan:

11:49am, to bake at 350F:

12:23pm, baked 35 minutes, internal temperature 190F:

12:23pm, strength of loaf:

12:23pm, thermometer coming out clean:

12:24pm, top of loaves:

12:24pm, height of loaves:

12:24pm, top 1 and 2:

12:25pm, side of loaves:

1:30pm, top of loaf 1 after cooling:

1:35pm, height of loaves after cooling:

1:37pm, bottom of loaf:

1:38pm, heels:

1:38pm, corner of loaves:

1:39pm, interior of loaf:

Observations:
1. This time I keep the fresh strawberries in larger pieces. They give volume to the batter before baking.

My 94th experiment: Blueberry bread

I got a pound of frozen wild blueberries from Trader Joe's. Eventually I find a way to use it up after consulting Bernard Clayton's blueberry-pecan bread.

Recipe: Blueberry bread (2 small loaves)

Ingredients:
- 2 cups KAF all-purpose flour
- 1+1/2 tp baking powder
- 1/2 tp baking soda
- 1/2 tp kosher salt
- 3/4 cup orange juice (bottled)
- 1+1/2 TB sugar
- 3 TB melted butter
- 1 egg
- 2 cups frozen wild blueberries

Procedure:
1. Soak frozen wild blueberries in warm water for a minute. Drain and shake dry.
2. Sieve together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
3. Add thawed blueberries and 1/2 cup orange juice. Add egg and melted butter. Mix.
4. If mixture is not moist enough after mixing, add about 1/4 cup more of orange juice.
5. Grease two small loaf pans.
6. Spoon batter into pan. Flatten top with oiled fingers.
7. Preheat oven to 350F. Bake for 30-40 minutes.


Results:
5:32pm, dry ingredients sieved together, berries thawed, 1/2 cup orange juice:

5:34pm, adding 1 egg:

5:36pm, adding 3 TB melted butter:

5:37pm, adding 1/4 cup more of orange juice:

5:46pm, top of batter in pan:

5:46pm, height of batter in pan:

5:51pm, to bake at 350F:

6:12pm, loaves baked 20 minutes:

6:22pm, loaves baked 30 minutes, internal temperature 160F:

6:22pm, thermometers coming off almost clean:

6:23pm, loaves resumed baking covered:

6:34pm, loaves baked 40 minutes, internal temperature 180F:

6:34pm, crown of loaves in pan:

6:34pm, thermometer coming out clean:

6:35pm, height of loaves in pan:

6:36pm, top of a loaf:

6:52pm, heels of loaves:

6:53pm, bottom of a loaf:

8:52pm, interior of a loaf:

8:52pm, a bite:

Observations:
1. This experiment is just nice in taste. Not too sweet, only very mildly sweet.
2. The crust is rather soft and easy to tear when being sliced.