This classic homemade blueberry bread recipe tastes like eating a giant fluffy blueberry muffin or a slice of blueberry cake!
The best blueberry bread recipe
You will fall in love with the soft and delicious texture of this blueberry loaf.
It’s one of my favorite recipes to prepare for company, because guests always think it came straight from the local bakery!
Yet the quick bread is super easy to make, with no bread machine and no oil required. Plus you can use fresh or frozen blueberries.
This sweet blueberry loaf is the perfect healthy breakfast, snack, or dessert.
You may also like this Blueberry Banana Bread
Step by step blueberry loaf video
Key ingredients
Blueberries – You can use either fresh or frozen blueberries. Fresh blueberries yield a loaf lighter in color, but I think the extra purple from frozen berries is quite pretty in its own right.
Flour – The recipe works well with whole grain spelt flour, all purpose white flour, or gluten free all purpose flour. Use a food scale for most precise measurements.
I have not tried almond flour, coconut flour, oat flour, or whole wheat flour here and therefore cannot recommend them.
Sugar – Granulated white sugar will give you the lightest, fluffiest baked good. You may substitute xylitol for an added sugar free recipe.
If you swap the sugar for pure maple syrup or honey, the bread texture will be much denser but still tasty.
Oil – I love the buttery coconut flavor of coconut oil here. You may also go with vegetable oil or melted butter.
For oil free blueberry bread, replace all of the oil with three tablespoons of mashed banana or applesauce.
Other ingredients – The recipe also calls for salt, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, water, an egg or flax egg, and pure vanilla extract.
How to make blueberry bread
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 9 by 5 inch loaf pan well with oil or fat free spray. I like to also line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper, for easy removal after baking.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients and stir well. Add in all remaining ingredients except for the berries, and stir until just evenly combined.
- Very gently, fold in all but a tablespoon or two of the blueberries. Spread the batter into your prepared baking pan.
- Press remaining blueberries on top. Optionally, sprinkle on a handful of shredded coconut, chopped walnuts, or mini chocolate chips as well.
- Bake on the center rack of the preheated oven for one hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out mostly clean.
- Carefully remove from the oven and let cool. Once fully cooled, go around the sides of the pan with a knife and pop out the loaf.
- Slice and enjoy, or loosely cover leftovers with a towel and let sit overnight. If you can wait, the taste and texture are even better the next day!
- For optimal freshness, any leftovers after one day should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to five days. Or slice and freeze leftovers for up to two months, and thaw or reheat before serving.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use other fruit?
Feel free to change up the flavor. Try raspberries, blackberries, chopped strawberries, chopped apple (as in this Apple Bread recipe), or a combination of different fruits instead of just blueberries.
You can also add two teaspoons of orange or lemon zest along with the wet ingredients if desired.
Will the blueberries sink to the bottom?
Many blueberry baked good recipes, including quick breads, cakes, and muffins, recommend coating the blueberries in flour to help them not sink to the bottom.
I never bother with this unnecessary extra step. As shown in the video above, the blueberries still stay beautifully in place.
Does the bread need frosting?
Enjoy the recipe plain or topped with almond butter or cream cheese for breakfast. Or add vanilla icing, powdered sugar glaze, or Coconut Butter for dessert.
Is the recipe vegan or gluten free?
Use oil and water or flax egg for an egg free and vegan blueberry bread. The loaf is already naturally dairy free.
It can be gluten free if you choose all purpose gluten free flour. For best results, I highly recommend following the gram measurements given.
The recipe was adapted from my Carrot Bread and this Cranberry Orange Bread.
Blueberry Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour (240g) (Here's a Keto Blueberry Bread)
- 3/4 cup sugar (150g)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- 2 cups blueberries (240g)
- 1 cup water (240g)
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract (10g)
- 3 tbsp oil or unsalted butter, or mashed banana for low fat (36g)
- 1 egg or flax egg, or 2 tbsp additional water
Instructions
- The recipe works well with spelt, white, or gluten free all purpose flour.Preheat your oven to 350 F. Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan, and line the bottom with parchment paper. Stir all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in all remaining ingredients except berries to form a batter. Very gently fold in most of the blueberries. Spread batter into the prepared pan. Press remaining blueberries on top. Bake 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean. Let cool. If you can wait, the blueberry bread taste and texture are even better the next day.View Nutrition Facts
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This looks so good. Will definitely try.
One of my fav low calorie dessert are these Dates, Oats and Coconut balls.
Just though I’ll share if you want to try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPGYuI-IhyI
Yummy! A little gummy in texture though. The flavor is great, and applesauce works well instead of oil! I’ll make this again
Hi yes, the gummy texture would be from subbing applesauce for the oil. But glad to know it works that way and still tastes good!
Jason
Wondering if anyone has tried coconut flour in substitute?
Coconut flour doesn’t sub well for any other flour. It absorbs far more moisture. If you’re going for grain free, you might try almond or buckwheat flour
What a treat! Blueberry bread actually sounds DIVINE now. Well, it always does. The frosting looks absolutely lovely and every slice looks so moist, soft, and colorful. I’ll be sure to use Stevia or monkfruit when I replicate this bread!
This looks delish! I cannot have anything with added sugar and my partner cannot have bananas, do you have any recommendations for a sweetener that I can use so we are both able to enjoy this bread? I am permitted to have a small amount of honey, would that work?
We haven’t tried the recipe with a liquid sweetener so unfortunately don’t know what the results would be, but maybe experiment with it or with a sugar substitute like erythritol? If you experiment, be sure to report back!
Jason
Can you sub buttermilk for the milk and vinegar?
Yes!
I used applesauce instead of oil and it turned out great! More dense then what the picture looks like but still very tasty.
Have you baked this with 2 tins in the oven? Would it change the time needed?
Your recipe calls for salt 2 different amounts but doesn’t say what to do with each
Both go in at the same time. That’s just the best way to list that particular amount of measurement.
For anyone wondering, I tried it with almond flour and it did NOT work. I used applesauce instead of oil but I see that’s worked fine for others using flour. So it must be the almond flour. I baked it for 45 minutes. Turned off the oven for 30. When I took it out it was still wobbly and jiggly so I turned the oven back in for 30 more minutes. It appeared to be cooked, but when I tried to slice it tonight it was mushy and didn’t “bind.”
So there’s your answer everyone. No you cannot use almond flour. ?