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Easy lemon blueberry bread with a light glaze, perfect for breakfast or a sweet treat. This bread is full of lemon flavors and lightly sweetened. Any novice in the kitchen can whip this up! Fresh berries, tart lemon all wrapped up in a beautiful bread.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Easy to make.
- Viral. This bread always goes viral because it’s SO tasty.
- Fresh. The blueberries give it a beautiful pop of color use fresh or frozen!
- Freezer Friendly. Feel free to pop the leftovers in a bag and freeze.
Ingredient Notes
All other ingredients and measurements can be found in the recipe card towards the bottom of this post.
- Oil. Use melted coconut oil or canola oil! I prefer canola oil, it gives a fluffier texture.
- Fresh lemons. The fresh lemon juice is a must! It will make this bread light and bright with flavor.
- Blueberries. Fresh or frozen. I used frozen for this recipe
- Almond milk. You can use any milk you’d like but if you want to make this bread dairy free I suggest using a plant based milk.
- Powdered Sugar. This is for the glaze. I highly recommend the glaze. It is made with lemons so it has a tangy sweetness and it gives the bread a luxurious top. This recipe is lower in sugar so you may want this little added sweetness to liven the bread up!
How To Make Lemon Blueberry Bread
Just a few simple steps to get a delicious, cake like bread! Grab a few mixing bowls preheat the oven and let’s get started.
Step 1. Preheat oven to 350º F. Line bread pan with oil or parchment paper.
Step 2. Mix the canola oil (or melted coconut oil) and sugar with a hand mixer or in a mixing bowl until blended well. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla extract and eggs and almond milk in and mix.
Step 3. In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt with a whisk. Slowly add it into the wet mix bowl. Add in blueberries and fold with a spatula or wooden spoon.
Step 4. Make sure mixture is evenly spread. Cook for about 40 minutes or until top is slightly browned. Check with a toothpick to be sure the middle is cooked. Toothpick should come out clean.
Step 5. Add the juice into a small bowl with powdered sugar. Mix with a whisk until it’s evenly mixed and thick enough to glaze. You may need a little more powdered sugar to thicken it, add 1/4 cup at a time as needed. Once bread is completely cooled drizzle glaze slowly and let it harden a bit before cutting into. Option to add extra lemon zest to the top!
Recipe Tips
- Save some lemon zest for topping garnish. This adds a bright color and cute look to the bread.
- Make the bread a little healthier. Cut back on sugar and skip the lemon glaze if desired.
- Use fresh blueberries. I prefer fresh blueberries for the recipe, it offers the best outcome and makes the bread beautiful. You can sub frozen blueberries if needed but the bread might need a little more time to bake.
- Use a toothpick to ensure the bread is cooked through. A always, I suggest sticking a toothpick into the center of the bread and ensuring it comes out clean without any raw batter on it.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, Lemon Blueberry Bread can be made dairy free if you use a plant based milk (almond or oat milk for example)
Store lemon Blueberry Bread in an airtight container for up to two days on the counter or 4 days in the refrigerator. You can also store in a ziplock and freeze for up to two months.
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Easy Lemon Blueberry Bread
Equipment
- Loaf Pan
- mixing bowls
Ingredients
- ½ cup canola oil , *see notes
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup white granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tbs lemon zest, *more for topping
- ½ cup almond milk , *any milk will work!
- ¾ cup blueberries , *see notes
- 1½ cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ⅛ tsp salt
For the glaze
- 1 tsp lemon juice , more as needed
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Line bread pan with oil or parchment paper.
- Mix the canola oil (or melted coconut oil) and sugar with a hand mixer or in a mixing bowl until blended well. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla extract and eggs and almond milk in and mix.
- In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, salt with a whisk. Slowly add it into the wet mix bowl. Add in blueberries and fold gently with a spatula or wooden spoon.
- Pour into loaf pan, make sure mixture is evenly spread. You can add a few more blueberries to the top if desired. Cook for about 40-45 minutes or until top is lightly browned. Check with a toothpick to be sure the middle is cooked. Toothpick should come out clean.
For the lemon glaze
- Add the juice into a small bowl with powdered sugar. Mix with a whisk until it's evenly mixed and thick enough to glaze. You may need a little more powdered sugar or a little more lemon juice. Continue to add 1/2 tsp of lemon if too thick. It can be a little finicky but have some patience until the perfect consistency happens.Once bread is completely cooled drizzle glaze slowly and let it harden a bit before cutting into. Option to add extra lemon zest to the top!
Notes
- Save some lemon zest for topping garnish. This adds a bright color and cute look to the bread.
- Make the bread a little healthier. Cut back on sugar and skip the lemon glaze if desired.
- Use fresh blueberries. I prefer fresh blueberries for the recipe, it offers the best outcome and makes the bread beautiful. You can sub frozen blueberries if needed but the bread might need a little more time to bake.
- Use a toothpick to ensure the bread is cooked through. A always, I suggest sticking a toothpick into the center of the bread and ensuring it comes out clean without any raw batter on it.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can I use GF flour instead? Has anyone tried it?
Thanks
Yes! All purpose gluten free will work. Thats the only one I have tried.
easy to make and yummy! the bread itself seems like it’s missing something/needs more sweetness/sugar it doesn’t taste quite sweet enough (maybe just a me thing lol)
Made this blueberry lemon bread and it was fantastic!! Followed the recipe and we loved it, was gone in one day. The lemon/sugar topping made it just sweet enough for us!! My husband wants me to make it again-soon!
So happy to hear you enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing.
I had to add more than just 1 tsp of lemon juice and little water to the amount of powdered sugar (1/2cup) to get it to glaze consistency but apart from that, top notch!
Agreed! Like the top crust part with the icing is perfect sweetness for me, but the inside part of the loaf is a bit lacking
Perfection !
Used sugar substitute & baked in a square tin , every one loved it
Hi! I am so happy to hear this. Glad you enjoyed it. Happy Baking.
Can I use almond flour?
Hi Renni!
Unfortunately I haven’t tried it with Almond Flour so I wouldnt suggest it. All Purpose GF Flour will work great!
Thank you!
Yummy! I made this for my family and it was easy and a huge hit. It wasn’t too sweet, which the ladies of the family liked. My dad thought it could have been a tad sweeter BUT the sugar glaze on top ended up balancing it out. Loved the glaze – it feels fancy and adds a nice crunch 🙂 I used organic butter in lieu of the canola oil and organic A2 whole milk in lieu of the almond milk. I also added extra blueberries to the batter and a little extra vanilla extract (as I always do with my baked goods). It was perfect and I’ll def be adding this to my regular baking rotation. Thanks, Bailey!
Made this today, I used butter and whole milk instead and it was delicious!!! Will definitely be making this again it was so tasty! The measurements for making the glaze arent correct, one teaspoon of lemon juice isn’t anywhere near enough to make a drizzle with half a cup of icing sugar, it just clumps. I used maybe the juice of an entire lemon not 1 tsp. Apart from that this was an amazing recipe 10/10
Can you tell me how much butter you put in, I’d love to try it that way!
Hi There! It will be the same amount of butter as oil 🙂 enjoy!