This roasted strawberry coconut yogurt bread is moist, perfectly sweet from the juicy strawberries and healthy to boot!

I’m kinda scared of Valentine’s Day these days.

What it used to be: a cute day where as kids, we stuck paper notes in each other’s little “mailbox” in school, an omg, what kind of cheesy heart shaped box of candy/stuffed animal/jewelery did he get me as teenagers, and then in the adult years pre-social media onslaught, a quiet night in and a good excuse to drink, eat something expensive and um…whatever comes after that.

Roasted Strawberry Bread
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What it is today in the world of Pinterest: a sickly explosion of red, pink, sprinkles and over the top food crafts with far too much red dye involved.

I will never understand red velvet.

It’s vanilla, with red food coloring.

Tell me again why the world goes crazy for it?

Strawberry Coconut Bread

I hate the color pink. Red isn’t too far behind either. Pinterest right now makes me want to throw up.

So you won’t be catching any cutesy heart shaped red velvet cookies dipped in pink sprinkles on here in the next 9 days.

Strawberry Yogurt Bread

Roasted strawberries are about as Valentines-y as I get (here’s a roasted strawberry salad recipe if you’d rather the savory approach) over here.

And personally, I think they taste a hell of a lot better than red velvet.

Particularly, with coconut in a healthy-as-can-be-but-you’d-never-know-it yogurt bread.

This quick bread isn’t just for Valentine’s Day though and that’s why I love it. Make it all strawberry season long. Combine it with rhubarb and add some roasted strawberries to this rhubarb bread recipe to create a combination of the two breads. Delicious!

More strawberry recipes to enjoy:

Strawberry Lemon Scones
Strawberry Oatmeal
Gluten Free Chocolate Strawberry Bread Pudding
Roasted Strawberry Basil Milkshake
Paleo Strawberry Almond Galette

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Roasted Strawberry Coconut Yogurt Bread

Servings: 10 servings
Prep: 25 minutes
Cook: 55 minutes
Total: 1 hour 20 minutes
This roasted strawberry coconut yogurt bread is moist, perfectly sweet from the juicy strawberries and healthy to boot!

Ingredients 

  • 1 cup whole wheat white flour
  • 2/3 cup oat flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup plain full fat Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1 cup chopped roasted strawberries, *see directions
  • extra sliced strawberries and coconut flakes for topping

Instructions 

  • Place chopped strawberries on a baking sheet and roast at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, set aside and lower temperature to 350 degrees.
  • In a large bowl, combine the flours, coconut flakes, baking soda and salt.
  • In a medium bowl, lightly beat the eggs then add the yogurt, applesauce, extracts, maple syrup and coconut oil and whisk until smooth.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until fully incorporated.
  • Gently fold in the roasted strawberries.
  • Grease a loaf pan with baking spray and pour the batter into the pan.
  • Top the batter with strawberry slices and coconut flakes.
  • Bake for about 55 minutes until the bread is cooked through.
  • Remove from oven, let cool for 5 minutes in the pan before transferring to a cooling rack.

Nutrition

Serving: 1SERVINGCalories: 253kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 8gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 278mgFiber: 5gSugar: 9g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Baked Goods
Cuisine: American
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31 Comments

  1. while im not too crazy about all that red and pink action – I admit I love me some red velvet. I need try beet juice for the coloring one of these..maybe for v-day :P Roasted strawberries sounds delicious!! Im pinning this to try sometime soon.

  2. I really try to love valentine’s day for the sake of the blog but I’ve never been a fan. We should celebrate with all black lol jK Gimme a slice of this! :)

  3. FYI… Traditional Red Velvet is actually a cocoa-based cake with buttermilk (for moistness) and boiled beet juice (for color enhancement). It’s quite good if made this way. But it is most definitely NOT vanilla.

    And that is why the world goes crazy for it.

    1. Ah, so it’s just been completely bastardized with red food coloring instead these days. Well, that’s pretty much on par for how we roll in this country. Makes sense now!

    2. I just wanted to agree with the defense of red velvet cake! My (southern) grandmother used to make it all the time, and it’s seriously the best cake I’ve ever had in my life to this day.

  4. I’m with you. Pinterest in general kind of irritates the hell out of me these days. I definitely don’t partake in the adult version of Valentines Day with pink or red shaped heart anything. Instead, my hubby and I are going to a bourbon tasting at a local place in town. That’s something we can all get behind, I think.

  5. Oh my, that looks wonderful!!! I wanna make that right now! I would pin it….but I cant find the pin button on your page! I will find it!

    I understand your thoughts on it being over the top, but isnt that the same with every holiday now haha? I love the simplicity of this as a valentines-y recipe, but it can also be enjoyed anytime!

    Thanks for sharing, I cant wait to try it after a run!

    1. If you don’t have the pinterest pin it button on your toolbar, the button on my site is in the “share it on” section right under the recipe :)

  6. LOVE coconut and roasted strawberry together! Have the combo but in a completely different form myself coming later in the week!

  7. I do agree on Vday being scary. A lot of it looks so artificial. But, I do like pink, so I secretly kinda like it.
    This bread looks dynamite Gina, and totally acceptable for vday. We need to eat something healthy too! Lovelovelove the roasted strawberries.
    And, seriously, your pictures are always my fav.