Blueberry bread

Blueberry bread

Enjoy flavours of summer any season with this easy to make beautiful blueberry bread.

blueberry bread

As we are going through what has to be our 5th major storm of the winter I am thinking back to the sunny days of summer. I have watched a snowdrift creep up the fence throughout the day, spring cannot arrive early enough.

And somewhere out there buried under the snow are 4 blueberry bushes, hibernating under their thick white blanket.

This past summer I was fortunate enough to harvest enough berries to make a few loaves of blueberry bread.

blueberries

This simple berry filled quick bread features the best of the season!

Blueberry Bread

Blueberry bread
 
Recipe type: Desesert
Cuisine: Baked Fruit Bread
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1-1/3 cup sugar, divided
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1-1/2 cup blueberries fresh or frozen
  • ¼ cups icing sugar
  • ⅛ teaspoon of vanilla
  • 2 tablespoons of water
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Grease and flour 9 x 5" loaf pan.
  3. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat margarine or butter and 1 cup sugar just until blended.
  4. Increase speed to medium; beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
  6. Reduce speed to low; add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition until well blended, occasionally scrapping bowl with rubber spatula.
  7. Alternately, add flour mixture and milk, mixing until just blended.
  8. Gently stir in blueberries.
  9. Spoon the batter into loaf pan.
  10. Bake 1 hr and 5 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center, comes out clean.
  11. Cool loaf in pan for 10 minutes.
  12. Remove from pan and place on a wire rack.
  13. Stir the icing sugar, vanilla and 2 tablespoons of water together to make a thin icing.
  14. Drizzle the icing over the cooled loaf.

This beautiful berry filled loaf is perfect for brunch or as a dessert.

No fresh berries available? This recipe works well with frozen berries. Just be sure to stir the berries into the batter while still frozen.

Published by Redawna

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