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DELIGHTFUL BLUEBERRY BREAD

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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Ingredients

Bread

  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Plus 1 tbsp. for tossing blueberries
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, tossed in 1 tbsp. flour to prevent sinking

lemon glaze

  • 3-4 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp. lemon extract

Instructions

Bread

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • Grease and lightly flour a loaf pan
  • In a small bowl, toss 1 cup of blueberries in 1 tbsp. of flour.
  • In a large bowl, beat together melted butter, sugar, lemon juice and eggs.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
  • Mixing with an electric mixer, alternately add in small amount of dry ingredient mixture and 1/2 cup milk. Combine all ingredients throughly between additions.
  • One fully combined, fold in flour-tossed blueberries.
  • Pour batter into greased and floured loaf pan.
  • Bake for 60-70 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack fro at least 20 minutes before removing loaf from pan.
  • Store covered at room temperature for 3-4 days.

lemon glaze

  • While bread is baking, stir together lemon juice, sugar and lemon extract in a small bowl until sugar is dissolved and glaze forms.
  • Allow to cool in refrigerator while bread bakes.
  • Drizzle over warm blueberry bread.