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.
Ingredients
Course
Breakfast, Dessert
Keyword
Blueberry, Cake, Lemon
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time1hour
Total Time1hour15minutes
Servings12
Ingredients
BREAD:
1 1/2cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/4teaspoonsalt
1tablespoongrated lemon zest
1cupfresh blueberries
1/2cupunsalted butterroom temperature or 1/2 cup Coconut Oil
3/4cupgranulated white sugar
2large eggs
1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
1/2cupmilk
GLAZE:
2tablespoonsgranulated white sugar
1tablespoonfresh 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.