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Lemon zest, freshly squeezed lemon juice, blueberries, vanilla - what's not to love, especially in the Summer! This blueberry lemon bread recipe with lemon glaze combines all these delicious ingredients to produce the ultimate breakfast, brunch, and dessert recipe good for all year around.
Tips and tricks for making perfect lemon bread
- Use 8x4 inch loaf pan.
- Use parchment paper. Line the bottom and two sides of the pan with the parchment paper. This will ensure that your lemon bread will not fall apart when you take it out of the baking pan.
- Use 2 separate bowls for combining dry and wet ingredients. Combine dry ingredients in one bowl. Combine wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Only then, combine the two together.
- Toss blueberries with flour (2 tablespoons) before adding them to the batter. This will help prevent blueberries from sinking.
- Do not overmix. Overmixing will allow gluten to develop more than you want and your bread will be tough and rubbery. For soft and fluffy texture - do not overmix the batter.
- Cool the lemon bread before glazing. Drizzle the top of the bread with the glaze only after the bread has been completely cooled. Otherwise your glaze will be too runny.
Blueberries
- Use fresh or frozen blueberries. You don't have to thaw frozen blueberries, just use them as is.
- Coat blueberries with 2 tablespoons of flour. This will prevent the blueberries from sinking to the bottom of the breading during baking.
The glaze is made from freshly squeezed lemon juice and powdered sugar. There is just enough glaze to cover the top of the lemon bread with a drizzle and not to overwhelm the overall flavor of this dessert! The slice (or two, or three) of this blueberry lemon bread is lovely early in the morning with a hot cup of coffee or tea.
Storing and freezing lemon bread
- Keep lemon bread refrigerated. It keeps fresher and longer this way, plus the glaze keeps better, too. You can refrigerate the blueberry lemon bread after it's completely cooled. To properly store the bread, cover it with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for up to 4 days.
- Freezing lemon bread. This lemon bread freezes well. Place it in a large plastic bag and seal air-tight. You can also wrap it really tightly with a plastic wrap. Then
After you bake the bread, cool it completely before drizzling with lemon glaze. Also, make sure the bread is completely cool before you refrigerate it. Enjoy!
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Ingredients
Blueberry Lemon Bread
- ⅓ cup butter melted
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest grated
- 1 cup blueberries fresh or frozen
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Lemon Glaze
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Butter an 8x4 inch loaf pan, line the bottom and two sides of the pan with the parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, beat together butter, 1 cup sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt; stir into egg mixture alternately with milk.
- In the same bowl where you combined flour, add blueberries and toss them in 2 tablespoons of flour. This will help prevent blueberries from sinking.
- Fold in lemon zest, and blueberries into the batter. Do it carefully and fast. Pour the lemon bread batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 50-60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool bread in pan for 40 minutes on a wire rack. Release the bread from the pan.
Lemon glaze:
- Combine freshly squeezed lemon juice and ½ cup powdered sugar in a small bowl and beat, using electrical mixer, until smooth glaze forms .
- Drizzle the top of the blueberry lemon bread (after it's been completely cooled) with the glaze. Some of the glaze will go down the sides of the bread.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition Disclaimer:
The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
I was looking to bake something with lemon and blueberry and this totally fit the bill! It's in the oven now - looking forward to trying it - great recipe
I just made this bread and my whole family loved it! Thanks for the fantastic recipe 🙂
Forget my comment. I was totally reading backwards this morning. Just found the egg mixture part and how the blueberries are floured separately!
About to start making this now for Easter!
Though it's probably intuitive for many, I feel like a step is missing to combine the two bowls together? Personally, as a very basic beginner, find steps 4-6 needing a bit more clarity. When should I combine the butter bowl and flour bowl? Flour the blueberries outside the bowl before putting them in?
Thanks for the help. Looking forward to making this today!
I made this bread and I used almond milk in place of regular milk and also in place of the lemon juice for the glaze because that was what I had on hand. DELICIOUS!!
Made this for dessert tonight and snuck a small piece before - it is amazing! We added green food coloring to go with St Patty's Day tomorrow, the kids love it! I will definitely be making again, it's a great bread for Spring/Summer!
Will be using 9x5 loaf pans.Will the baking time be the same?Can't wait to make this!
Just made this bread! Delicious ! And to the people who asked about having to use parchment paper I definatly would- the berries make this bread very moist and if you try flipping it over to get it out it will surly break apart-having the parchment up the sides like she states lets you lift it right out of the pan:)
I have been craving a lemon blueberry treat so I just had to try this one. It came out fantastic! I didn't have parchment paper so I sprayed the pan with pam and it came out fine. I probably used a little more than a cup of fresh blueberries (I didn't measure). I did notice that the middle took way longer to cook than the edges but I left it in for 50 minutes. Any longer the ends would have probably burned. I doubled the glaze recipe because I wanted to make sure I had enough lemon flavor. I will definitely be making this again!
Very good bread. Did not have fresh lemon zest, so I added 1/2 tsp lemon extract to batter. It tasted just lemony enough. Next time I will add a little bit more than 1 cup of blueberries to make the bread a little moister. Will definitely make this bread again.
I made this today and it is amazing! Super easy, moist, and not too sweet! Thank you for posting this recipe! Delicious!