Blueberry Lemon Bread with Lemon Glaze

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.

• Use 8×4 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!

Related dessert recipes with berries

• Mixed Berry Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze 
• Berry Clafoutis
• Blueberry Greek Yogurt Cake

Blueberry vanilla bread with lemon glaze

This delicious blueberry lemon bread with lemon glaze is a perfect breakfast, brunch, snack.  Simple recipe, beautiful cake, what more can you ask for?!   Lemon zest, freshly squeezed lemon juice, blueberries, vanilla – so many Summer flavors!

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PREP TIME20minutes mins

COOK TIME1hour hr

TOTAL TIME1hour hr 20minutes mins

COURSEBreakfast, Dessert

CUISINEAmerican

SERVINGS10 people

CALORIES PER SERVING259 kcal

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

US Customary – Metric

Instructions

• • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Butter an 8×4 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.