Lemon Blueberry Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons tightly packed lemons, zest of
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 8 ounces frozen blueberries
• 8 ounces powdered sugar (or 1/2 box)
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/2 tablespoons tightly packed lemons, zest of
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 important: grease and flour two loaf pans.
• 3 cream butter and sugar.
• 4 add eggs and beat until smooth.
• 5 add buttermilk.
• 6 mix dry ingredients together and add to buttermilk mixture.
• 7 blend well.
• 8 mix in lemon juice and zest.
• 9 gently fold in blueberries and only mix until incorporated.
• 10 pour batter into loaf pans.
• 11 bake loaves on the middle rack of the oven for 60 to 65 minutes.
• 12 cool bread 10 minutes, remove from pan and place on a large cookie sheet, top side up.
• 13 for icing: combind icing ingredients in a bowl.
• 14 beat icing with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 15 drizzle icing over the warm loaves.
• 16 the icing will harden when the bread cools to room temperature.
• 17 i thought i should mention, if you make this bread without the addition of the blueberries, the baking time is closer to 50 minutes and i recommend increasing the amount of buttermilk from 2/3 cup to 1 cup.