Strawberry Banana Bread
Published May 09, 2026
Easy strawberry banana nut bread made with Greek yogurt, walnuts, and diced strawberries. Simple to make and works well for breakfast or a snack.
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Fresh Strawberries + banana Bread = Soo Good!
When I want to change up my banana bread, especially during the summer, I make this strawberry banana bread! The strawberries stay a little jammy in the bread, the banana keeps everything moist, and the walnuts add just enough texture so it does not feel like cake.
This strawberry banana bread is based on my favorite moist banana bread recipe, made with fresh strawberries, and made without oil or butter. I use Greek yogurt instead, so it gives the strawberry bread moisture without the extra oil. If you’re in the mood for a twist on banana bread, definitely try this strawberry version!
Happy Baking!
– Yumna
Strawberry Banana Bread Ingredients
- Strawberries: Diced small so they distribute evenly through the batter and are easier to fold in without breaking down. For help, read my tips on how to cut and hull strawberries. You’ll also want to blot them dry after dicing if they’re very juicy, so they don’t water down the batter. Fresh work best here. If using frozen, thaw and drain them well before adding.
- Banana: Use very ripe bananas, brown and spotty. They mash more easily and are sweeter at that stage, which is what gives the bread its moisture and flavor. One cup mashed is roughly 2 to 3 medium bananas depending on size. I mash my bananas with a fork, or with a potato masher!
- Dry ingredients: Flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and walnuts. Make sure the baking soda and baking powder are fresh, since old leaveners are the most common reason quick breads don’t rise well. Use aluminum-free baking powder to avoid any aftertaste. For the walnuts, chop them roughly so you get actual pieces in each slice. If you don’t have walnuts, pecans work as a 1:1 swap. For extra flavor, you can toast your walnuts while you’re prepping the batter.
- Wet ingredients: Eggs, granulated sugar, and whole milk Greek yogurt. The Greek yogurt keeps the crumb moist without making the bread heavy. Use plain full-fat for the best results. If you don’t have Greek yogurt, sour cream works in the same ¼ cup amount. I like the simplicity of white sugar here, but you can sub in brown sugar at a 1:1 ratio if that’s all you have on hand! Room temperature eggs are best for binding, so I like to leave mine out on the counter while I mash my bananas.
How to Make Strawberry Banana Bread
The photos below walk through each step of making this bread. For the full ingredient list and detailed instructions, scroll down to the → Strawberry Banana Bread Recipe.
1. Combine the Wet Ingredients
Mash the bananas in a large bowl first, then whisk in the eggs, sugar, and yogurt until the mixture looks smooth and well combined. A few lumps from the banana are fine.
2. Add the Dry Ingredients
Pour the flour mixture over the wet ingredients and fold with a rubber spatula until no streaks of flour remain. Stop as soon as the flour is gone. Overmixing is the main reason quick breads turn out dense, so this step goes fast.
3. Add the Strawberries and Walnuts
Scatter the diced strawberries and chopped walnuts over the batter. At this point the batter will look very thick, which is normal.
4. Fold the Strawberries into the Banana Bread Batter
A few light passes with the spatula is all it takes here. If you work the batter too much, the strawberries break down and turn everything pink.
5. Transfer to the Prepared Loaf Pan
Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top. If you want the strawberry look on top like in the photos, press a few halved strawberries lightly into the surface before it goes into the oven.
6. Bake Until a Tester Comes Out Clean
If the top is browning too fast before the center is set, lay a loose sheet of foil over the top around the 35-minute mark and continue baking until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out without wet batter on it.
Full Strawberry Banana Bread Recipe
Strawberry Banana Bread Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup mashed banana
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup whole milk Greek yogurt
- ½ cup small diced strawberries
- ½ chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F and line a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving excess on the two longer sides.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
- In another larger bowl, mash the bananas. Add the eggs, sugar, and yogurt and whisk with the mashed bananas until well combined. Add flour mixture on top of the banana mixture and fold with a rubber spatula until no streaks of flour remain, being careful not to overmix. Gently fold in the diced strawberries and walnuts.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. You may need to tent the loaf with a sheet of aluminum foil after 35 minutes if it is browning too quickly.
- Let cool for at least 20 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack before slicing and serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.
Recipe Tips
- Tent the banana bread. Banana bread usually takes between 50 and 60 minutes to bake. However, the top of the bread can get too browned by the time it’s finished. To avoid this, simply tent the bread with foil in the last 10 minutes of baking.
- Don’t over-mix the batter. This can’t be stressed enough: mix your batter until just combined and no further! Over-mixing the batter creates excess gluten which will make your bread too dense.
Comments
Felt like it needs a lot more sugar or honey.
Thanks so much for sharing your feedback! The sweetness can definitely depend on how ripe your bananas and strawberries are. If you like a sweeter banana bread, you can add a little more sugar or a drizzle of honey next time. Some readers have even left the sugar out completely and loved it, so it really comes down to personal preference!
Delicious
Thanks, Lucie!
I made this Strawberry Banana Bread last night and by this morning half of it was gone ๐
Very good recipe, the bread was moist, delicious, not sweet… It rised but not as i expected, may be the baking powder is not fresh. Anyway highly recommended.
Question outside the recipe : Does the cookbook contain more and as simple and easy recipes as this site ?
do you think this would work well with oat flour? i find oat flour makes for really good banana bread, but i always use recipes that specify for it
Hi! I have not tried this with oat flour. I think you could try swapping some of the all purpose flour for oat flour, but I’m not sure all oat flour would work well as written.
I made the strawberry banana bread in 3 small loaf pans. I probably should call my bread raspberry banana bread. Raspberries are what I had in my freezer, and I also used only half of what it called for, for the sugar. I may have baked it too long. because I would have liked it a little moister. I only baked it for 45 min.. It tasted awesome.
Thanks for sharing! Yes, you may have needed slightly less baking time on account of the smaller pans.
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