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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
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We dont get fresh or frozen blueberries :/ could i use bluberry jam instead?
A quick and easy recipe for me to whip up, especially for someone like me who doesn't bake often. I shared a few slices with my sister...now I make a whole loaf for her and one for us.n Easy recipe to double.
Great for breakfast, a snack or dessert.
Absolute perfection! The best summery cake/bread you can find. Tastes like something you’d buy in a fancy bakery. Thank you!
This is so good!
Can I cut the sugar in this recipe, and if so, by how much?
I have made this several times and my family loves too. Can I use same recipe for cupcakes? Thanks!
This recipe is sooo good.
I’ve made this twice and both times all the blueberries settled to the bottom. The second time I even put a few on top and those settled to the bottom!! And I tossed with 1tablespoon of flour!
honestly toss with more flour (2 tbs) because mine were Right at the top and throughout the middle
Delicious! We already want to make it again (the first is almost gone in 12 hours). My 9 year old made it almost completely by herself which is bonus since we have been on the hunt for recipes she can master. We did cook it for about 48 min and it was just slightly dry so next time we are going to do the toothpick test at 40minutes but other than that little tweak (which was us mastering our stoves cooking time for this recipe) it was perfect. I will add probably 1/2 more blueberries too. Oh and we had no fresh lemons so we used lemon juice from bottle and a few drops of lemon extract instead of zest and it was still awesome so real lemons would make it even better I'm sure! Thank you for the easy to follow recipe!
such a yummy recipe! In most cases I make it for my family of 6 which calls for doubling the recipe. Still tastes just as amazing!
Could you make these into muffins?
I am not a baker so I was very pleased when it came out looking picture perfect and tasted delicious. Thank you for the recipe!
I have already made this twice! It is delicious. We pick fresh blueberries here in Florida this time of year so I am always looking for new recipes. Thanks!
I just started baking during the pandemic and came across your recipe. I decided to make this this for my daughter and her friend as a Mother's Day gift. I followed the recipe as directed and used 3 mini loaf pans. Omg very delicious and will be making again.
This looks delicious, thank you for sharing!