Ok let’s be honest, this bread is like having dessert for breakfast. I mean we won’t have it everyday, but its a nice treat. This bread is so moist and bursting with brightness from the lemons. The blueberries are perfection in this recipe. The method we use is similar to making a muffin, very simple. We finish it by drizzling a little glaze on top and we’re good to go. Check out the recipe below and watch video for detailed instructions.
Lemon Blueberry Breakfast Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup Sugar (200 grams)
- 1 Lemon
- 8 tbsp Butter (113 grams)
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla (6 grams)
- 2 cups All purpose flour (270 grams)
- 1/2 tsp Salt (3 grams)
- 1/2 cup Whole Milk
- 1 1/2 cup Blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Combine zest of 1 lemon, sugar and butter to a mixer with a paddle attachment. (Don't worry if you don't have a stand mixer. You can mix by hand or use a handheld mixer)
- Mix for about 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Be sure to periodically scrape down the bottom of the mixer.
- Add the eggs (one at a time) and vanilla to the mixer. After each addition mix until combined. (about 1 min) You will probably need to scrape the bottom of your mixer.
- Sift all dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Whisk together.
- Add the juice of the lemon you previously zested to the milk. (strain out seeds)
- Alternate adding the dry and wet mixtures to the butter, sugar vanilla and eggs. After each addition mix just until combined. Don't overmix. This will look like a thick cake batter
- Add a layer of the batter to the bottom of a prepared loaf pan 10x 5. Spread evenly. Then mix in the blueberries to the remaining batter and add to the top of loaf pan. (shown in video)
- Bake for approximately 1 hour or until golden brown. Check with a toothpick prior to removing from oven. If you stick the toothpick in the cake and it comes out clean it is done
- Let it cool completely before you remove from pan. Add the optional glaze (I encourage the glaze lol) and enjoy!
Video
Notes
Optional Cream Cheese Glaze 4 tablespoons of room temperature butter 4 ounces of room temperature cream cheese 1/2 teaspon of vanilla juice of 1/2 lemon 1 cup of powdered sugar *1-2 tablespoons of heavy cream or milk. As needed only Mix all ingredients until smooth. Add small amounts of heavy cream or milk to thin out to desired consistency. Recipe adapted from https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/2…