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Friday, January 25, 2013

Lemon blueberry bread

1 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 Tablespoon butter (room temperature)
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon zest
1/2 cup milk
1 cup blueberries

lemon glaze:
1/4 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9x5 loaf pan. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, beat the butter until creamy. Add sugar beat until fluffy. Add eggs, beat together. Beat in vanilla and lemon zest. Add flour mixture, beat well. Add milk. Beat well. Fold in blueberries. Scrape batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake 55-65 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring lemon glaze ingredients to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. When the bread is done, let cool 30 minutes. Remove bread from pan and place on serving platter. Poke bread with toothpick all over loaf. Brush the top of bread with hot glaze.

Additional notes: 5 star rating *****
So delicious and addicting! Makes a great addition to holiday treat baskets.

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