Strawberry Bread

3 cups flour

1 teas baking soda

1 teas salt

1 teas cinnamon

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 1/4 cups vegetable oil

2 cups frozen sliced strawberries, thawed

1  cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 F. Butter 2 9-in loaf pans. In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and sugar. In a separate bowl, beat eggs and add the oil, strawberries and pecans. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add liquid mixture, stirring thoroughly but not overmixing. Pour into pans and bake 45 min to 1 hr. Place pans on wife rack and let cool 10 to 15 min. Remove bread and let cool on wire racks. Do not slice until thoroughly cooled. Makes 2 laves, about 16 slices per loaf.

* I make a frosting from a box of powdered sugar, 1 stick of butter, some of the juice drainned off the strawberries (about 1/4 cup)  and enough half & half to make it spreading consistency. Add 1 teas vanilla and beat well.  Pour over each loaf when cool.