Add this Lemon Poppy Seed Strawberry Swirl Bread to your favorite recipes. Great lemony taste with a swirl of strawberry. Great Care Package Idea.
CARE PACKAGE
Have you ever received a care package in the mail? How did it make you feel? Did it brighten your day? Did it make you feel special?
Minute Maid is on a mission to remind parents of all the wonderful things they do for their children. With all the parenting pressure found out in the world today, it’s nice to recognizing all the good that parents do every single day! As part of Minute Maid’s mission, I want to share with you a fun idea for a Reverse Care Package.
Minute Maid is inspiring others to reassure parents they are #doingood by reversing the tradition of the care package. Through the “Reverse Care Package” effort, everyone is encouraged to express their love, gratitude and appreciation for parents by creating a special #doingood delivery.
GIFT IDEA
Today I am excited to share with you my creative gift idea for a Reverse Care Package that I created for my mom. My mom has always taken the time to find creative ways to show us how much she cares for us.
She was always creating fun ways for us to enjoy our time together growing up, and I wanted to send her a care package to express how thankful I am to have her in my life.
LEMON POPPYSEED BREAD
She loves Lemon Poppy Seed Bread and Homemade Strawberry Jam so I decided to make a delicious twist on my Lemon Poppy Seed Bread recipe and bake her this delicious Lemon Poppy Seed Strawberry Swirl Bread.
TIPS FOR MAKING QUICK BREAD
Quick breads are traditionally easier to make than yeast breads, but there are a few tips and tricks to making sure your quick bread recipes turn out great every time you bake them.
- Avoid over-mixing the batter. Stir the wet ingredients together well and then mix in the dry ingredients so that the batter is lumpy. Over-mixing will produce a tougher bread.
- Quick Breads with nuts actually taste better the day after baking. So wrap up the loaf of bread in plastic and store overnight before slicing and serving.
- Check your quick breads 15 minutes before the baking time is up. If the bread is browning too much on the top, cover the top with foil to prevent the bread from burning and drying out.
- Test the loaf with a toothpick in the center of the bread. If it comes out clean the bread is finished baking.
- If your bread has a crack along the top of it, that is actually a good thing. It means that your bread batter has expanded properly.
Lemon Poppy Seed Strawberry Swirl Bread
Add this Lemon Poppy Seed Strawberry Swirl Bread to your favorite recipes. Great lemony taste with a swirl of strawberry. Great Care Package Idea.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg white
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp imitation lemon extract
- 3/4 cup non-fat plain Greek yogurt
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 Tbsp poppy seeds
- 1/3 cup strawberry jam
Glace Icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp Minute Maid Strawberry Lemonade
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
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Add the egg, egg white, vanilla and lemon extract and mix until well blended.
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Mix in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and poppy seeds.
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Mix in the greek yogurt.
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Spread half of the batter into a greased bread loaf pan.
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Top with strawberry jam, and do not swirl the jam.
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Top with remaining batter and carefully spread out evenly.
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Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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While the bread is cooling, make the glaze icing.
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Pour the icing on the bread when the bread has cooled completely.
BREAD PAN
We love to bake our quick breads in these long loaf bread pans! The bread seems to bake more evenly without leaving it burnt around the edges and uncooked in the middle. You can find the ones we use here.
QUICK BREAD RECIPES
Looking for some other easy to make and delicious quick bread recipes? Check out these other quick breads we have shared!
- Copycat Great Harvest Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread Recipe
- Lemon Poppy Seed Strawberry Swirl Bread
- Lemon Raspberry Loaf Bread
- Oatmeal Cranberry Quick Bread
- Best Banana Bread Recipe
- Zucchini Bread Recipe
- Orange Cranberry Bread
- Chocolate Cinnamon Bread
- Chocolate Marbled Banana Bread
- Raspberry Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
- Peanut Butter Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips
HANDMADE GIFTS
After the icing has cooled and hardened, you can wrap it up in a cellophane bag and add it to the Reverse Care Package. These are the items I included in mine:
Reverse Care Package Items:
- Minute Maid Strawberry Lemonade Drink
- drink jar
- colorful straw
- Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Strawberry Swirl
- printable “I am thankful card”
- printable “I am BERRY thankful card”
- jar of homemade Strawberry Jam
- candy
GIFT TAGS
If you would like to print a copy of the “I am Thankful Card” simply click here or on the link below.
Printable I am Thankful Card
To print the gift tag, simply click here or on the link below.
Printable Berry Thankful Gift Tag
Reverse Care Packages are a fun way to let someone know how much you appreciate them. So go ahead and put one together for someone who you are thankful for!
Check out MinuteMaid.com/carepackage to find even more ways to celebrate great parenting this summer with a #doingood deliver. And don’t forget to follow Minute Maid on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram!
*This post is in collaboration with Minute Maid and their #doingood campaign. I am honored to be working with a company that I truly love!
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Natalie says
Super cute idea!! Everyone loves bread & adding the strawberry swirl was delicious!
Natalie-Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
The strawberry swirl is a great addition, especially with the lemon flavor! This makes a great gift!!
Kristyn- It really does make a great gift!