Blueberry Bread Loaf

blueberry bread on cutting board with a slice cut

4.69 from 19 votes

This blueberry bread loaf is packed full of fresh berries. Not overly sweet, this bread makes a perfect companion to morning coffee or afternoon snack.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1

Total Time1 10

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bread, brunch, dessert, fruit, snack

Servings: slices

Calories: 577kcal

Author: foodyschmoody

Equipment

1 Loaf Pan 9 x 5 inch

Ingredients

2 large eggs
⅔ Cup vegetable oil or similar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅔ Cup milk whole or 2 %
2 Cup blueberries (fresh)
3 Cup flour, all purpose
1 ½ Cup sugar, granulated
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt, kosher

Topping

¼ Cup brown sugar
¼ Cup sugar, granulated
1 teaspoon cinnamon
⅓ Cup flour, all purpose
¼ Cup butter soft but not melted

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Prepare loaf pan with cooking spray or butter. Set aside.
In a bowl whisk together eggs, oil, vanilla and milk. Set aside.
In another bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Stir together wet and dry ingredients. Fold in berries.
Spread batter into loaf pan.
Sprinkle topping over the batter. It will be clumpy; it's okay. See photo above in post.
Bake in preheated oven 55 to 65 minutes. Test for doneness by placing a toothpick in center of bread, if it comes out clean it is done. If it does not, continue baking. *NOTE 1
Allow bread to cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing bread and placing it on a cooling rack.
Do NOT cut bread while hot or it will fall apart. Allow to cool before slicing!

Topping

In a small bowl combine all topping ingredients with a fork until combined. It will be almost dough-like. You'll break it into pieces with your fingers when topping the cake.

Notes

Note 1: The size and material of your loaf pan will greatly effect the bake time. It is always best to test. Readers have reported bake times anywhere from 60 minutes to 80 minutes.

Note 2: An 8x8 baking pan can be used instead of a loaf pan.

Note 3: The topping on this bread is not a crumb like a streusel topping rather it bakes into the top of the bread. If you want more of a crumb topping, use really cold butter and cut it into the dry ingredients for the crumb.

Note 4: I cannot stress this enough - if you slice this while it is hot, it will fall apart! Allow this bread / loaf to cool before slicing.

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