Lemon-Blueberry Bread

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Posted: Apr 12, 2012 Updated: Mar 18, 2023

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Lemon Blueberry Bread is perfectly sweet, moist and delicious. Perfect to enjoy in the morning with coffee or tea, or even as a light dessert. Bursting with blueberries, and lemon flavor in every bite. This is definitely a bread that can be enjoyed as a cake because of its sweet dense cake like texture.

I love fall apples and local orchards.  Each year I make a point to visit the one closest to our house and offer my support to their farm.  The people who run the farm are very generous and do a yearly pumpkin maze for the youngsters and allow the schools to bring bus loads of kids our to pick a pumpkin and enjoy themselves.

 I am fortunate that our local orchard also sells blueberries and cranberries.  Making sure that I stock up on both for the upcoming holidays.

In the fall I always buy a 5 lb box of blueberries to keep in the freezer and pull out to use all winter and spring.  There seems to be a huge difference between these and the bags I have bought in the grocery store.  They are much larger and hold up to baking extremely well.

Plus supporting my local farms is always a good thing.

This bread is great for breakfast, dessert or a delicious gift.  It also freezes well for up to three months, to be pulled out when needed.

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Lemon-Blueberry Bread

Lemon Blueberry Bread is so sweet and moist. Perfect to enjoy in the morning with coffee or tea, or even as a light dessert. Bursting with blueberries and lemon flavor in every bite. This is definitely a bread that can be enjoyed as a cake because of its sweet, dense, cake-like texture.

Print Rate Pin

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Total Time1 hr 15 mins

Servings: 12

Ingredients

BREAD:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature or 1/2 cup Coconut Oil
• 3/4 cup granulated white sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup milk

GLAZE:

• 2 tablespoons granulated white sugar
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

Bread

• Heat oven to 350 degrees and spray loaf pan with baking spray.
• In a large bowl blend four, baking powder, salt and lemon zest.
• In a small bowl place blueberries and 1 tablespoon of flour, stir to coat blueberries.
• In mixing bowl blend butter or coconut oil and add sugar, then add eggs one at a time and then vanilla.
• While mixer is running, alternate between adding flour mixture and milk, ending with flour.
• Scrape down sides and gently add 1/2 of the blueberries to mixing bowl and blend by hand.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and pour remaining blueberries over top gently smoothing into batter.
• Place in oven for one hour.

Glaze

• Add lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of sugar in a small bowl and blend until sugar dissolves.
• Once you remove bread from oven, poke holes in top of bread using skewer, or a sharp knife. This will allow sugar glaze to seep down through bread.
• Pour glaze over top.
• Let rest for 30 minutes before removing from pan.
• Sprinkle powdered sugar over top of bread.
• Keep in Refrigerator or Freeze.

Notes

This bread freezes well.

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

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