Strawberry Bread

I made this bread for our Valentine's Day party with our playgroup. It was submitted to a cookbook for a fundraiser we did for my husband's last ship. It was pretty good and was eaten up, but it was not my favorite. I WAS hoping for a more reddish/pinkish color, which I could have achieved with red food coloring, but...I didn't :) The "strawberry" comes from strawberry jam, which makes this easy to make in a...wait for it...JAM, but I think I would stick with other quick breads before I made this one again. I might make this again specifically for a Valentine's treat, but that's about it! In full disclosure, while I do LOVE strawberries, I am not really a fan of strawberry jam. If you are, this could be perfect for you!

Strawberry Bread

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup strawberry jam
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
2-3 drops red food coloring (optional)

Cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs 1 at a time. Add sour cream and jam. Add small amounts of dry ingredients and mix well after each addition. Pour into greased loaf pans and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until done. Makes 3 2lb or 6 1lb loaves.

my notes:
the "makes 3 2lb or 6 1lb loaves" part completely confused me. i even googled the terms to find out what that meant, but didn't get any helpful information. so, i halved the recipe and wound up with one "regular" (haha, whatever that means!) loaf pan, which is exactly what i wanted.