Blueberry Quick Bread Recipes

Easy Blueberry Bread is a quick bread made with fresh blueberries that is the perfect way to start your day or enjoy it as a snack. Try my Blueberry Coffee Cake for another breakfast treat loaded with blueberries.

This blueberry bread is a quick bread , meaning it is made without any yeast. The ingredients are easily mixed together and ready to bake immediately. The baking time is not the quickest (80 minutes), but the prep time is super quick. A slice of this bread would be delicious with a cup of coffee in the morning, or even as a snack.

Room Temperature Ingredients: Room temperature ingredients are important here to prevent lumps. It takes 15-30 minutes for the butter to get to room temperature.

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If you forgot to take out the butter, slice the butter into smaller pieces. Then, let it sit out for a couple of minutes. Or, place the stick of butter in a zipped plastic bag and flatten it out a bit with a rolling pin. This will allow the butter to come to room temperature in 1-2 minutes.

Butter:I wanted to use the best quality butter, so I opted for unsalted Challenge Butter.Challenge butteris made the old-fashioned way, churned fresh daily from the freshest milk and cream from happy cows at family-owned dairies since 1911.

Yes. Although I prefer using fresh blueberries, you can use frozen berries. If using frozen blueberries, toss them with a little bit of all-purpose flour before folding them into the batter.

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Berries in flour above, the truth is that is more of a hopeful method than a scientifically proven one. The real determining factor in whether or not your blueberries will sink is the

Blueberry bread is slightly dense with a soft crumb. It reminds me of a blueberry muffin . I enjoyed a slice slathered in butter, but others enjoyed it as-is with no topping. If it has been sitting for a day or two, pop it in the microwave to soften it up.

Easy Blueberry Bread can be stored at room temperature, in the refrigerator, or even frozen. At room temperature, wrap the bread in plastic wrap for up to five days. If storing in the refrigerator, use an airtight container for up to a week.

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To freeze the bread, you will want to make sure you allow it to cool completely. Just wrap the blueberry bready tightly with aluminum foil or plastic freezer wrap and place it in a heavy-duty freezer bag. If you prefer not to use foil directly on your bread, wrap tightly with parchment paper, then place that into a sealable plastic bag.

Be sure to label it with the date. Bread is typically good for two to three months in the freezer, but it will still be safe to eat beyond that point. To thaw bread, take it out of the freezer and set it on the counter. Allow it to reach room temperature before you take it out of its packaging; it will re-absorb some of its moisture this way.

Easy Blueberry Bread is a quick bread made with fresh blueberries that is the perfect way to start your day or enjoy it as a snack.

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*Can I Use Frozen Blueberries? Yes. Although I prefer using fresh blueberries, you can use frozen berries. If using frozen blueberries, you do not need to thaw them first, but baking time may increase slightly and there may be more bleeding of the blueberry juices.

Every oven is different so I recommend starting to check at 60 minutes. You can check by (carefully) shaking the pan gently and observe if the middle jiggles. You do not want it to jiggle. You can also test by inserting a skewer or toothpick into the center. If it is removed with any wet batter, it is not done baking. 

If the bread is not done and you notice it starting to get too brown, you can cover the quick bread in foil and continue baking. 

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Amanda Rettke is the creator of I Am Baker, and the bestselling author of Surprise Inside Cakes: Amazing Cakes for Every Occasion – With a Little Something Extra Inside.Over the course of her 15+ year blogging adventure, she has been featured in and collaborated with the Food Network, New York Times, LA Times, Country Living Magazine, People Magazine, Epicurious, Brides, Romantic Homes, life:beautiful, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Mail, Star Tribune, The Globe and Mail, DailyCandy, YumSugar, The Knot, The Kitchn, and Parade, to name a few.This lemon blueberry loaf TRULY belongs in a bakery! It’s so moist and tender with a tight crumb. Every bite just melts in your mouth. Each slice is also loaded with fresh blueberries and the entire batter is mixed with the zest and juice of fresh lemons (no artificial flavors here)! Topped with a sweet layer of crumble and a drizzle of lemon icing, this blueberry loaf is just as tasty (if not more) as it looks.

Although I have to admit, I have never even tried their version. Mainly because the list of ingredients is very…interesting. I can’t even pronounce half of them so trying to recreate this chemically induced loaf was very difficult. But in the end I think we nailed it! It might actually be even better than the original considering it’s made with REAL ingredients.

Blueberry Quick Bread

This includes all fresh and natural flavors as there is absolutely NO fake lemon or blueberry flavor in this loaf. It’s made with loads of fresh blueberries as well as fresh lemon zest and juice.

It also gets a natural lift from baking powder and baking powder alone. Many store bought cakes use chemicals or a chemical process in order to provide tons of height in their desserts. This is something that is very difficult to achieve with a homemade bake, but it’s definitely not impossible! It just means the testing process takes a little bit longer on my end.

Not only does it enhance the taste, but it’s also the reason why the loaf has the most tender and moist consistency. This is mainly due to the reverse creaming method.

Easy Blueberry Bread

Typical cake batters are made using the traditional creaming method – whip together the butter and sugar, then mix in the wet ingredients, then the dry ingredients.

But for this recipe, we are using the reverse creaming method – combine ALL of the dry ingredients (sugar, flour, salt, baking powder), then mix in softened butter, then the rest of the wet ingredients.

When mixing in the butter with all of the dry ingredients, the soft butter coats the flour in a layer of fat. This creates a barrier around the flour which slows the gluten forming process. Because when flour comes in direct contact with the wet ingredients, the gluten strands jump into action to create strong bonds with one another. This is what creates bounce and structure.

Easy Blueberry Bread Recipe

So when the flour is coated and those gluten strands are held back from each other, the result is an incredibly tender and soft cake with a tight but light crumb. It’s my absolute FAVORITE method when it comes to rich cakes like my iced lemon loaf cake or red velvet pound cake.

Loaf cakes can be a bit tricky because it’s a lot of batter baked in a very tight space. This can often lead to a sunken cake or the loaf itself can struggle to bake all the way through. But these tips will ensure your loaf turns out just right!

I suggest sticking with fresh blueberries as frozen blueberries tend to bleed into the batter, turning it partially purple. The frozen blueberries can also drop the temperature of the batter, making it more difficult for the loaf to bake evenly.

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To make a lemon loaf cake, I suggest using my iced lemon loaf recipe but add the crumble from this lemon blueberry loaf.

I try to make all of my recipes as electric-free as possible but the reverse creaming method is much easier when using an electric mixer. It’s not impossible to make this recipe by hand, but it will take quite a bit of extra work.

This loaf can be stored in a container at room temperature for a couple days, but any longer and it will need to be kept in the refrigerator. It can keep chilled for about a week.

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This lemon blueberry loaf is so tender and loaded with fresh blueberries and zesty lemon flavor! Topped with a sweet layer of crumble and a lemon icing drizzle, this loaf cake is NEXT LEVEL good.

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Lemon Blueberry Quick Bread