Let me tell you my home is smelling so good! I walked in from the garden to the sweet aroma of bananas and blueberries baking in the oven. For a special treat for the tastebuds I added a bit of lemon zest in the batter. Yum! I decided to add a garnish of blueberries and zest for a sweet presentation. You can also keep it plain, add nuts, or include the lemon glaze included in this recipe. Such a great treat for this time of year with all the great fruit available in your garden or farmers market.
Blueberry Banana Bread With A Secret Touch
Treat your palate and your family with this Blueberry Banana Bread. It comes with a secret!
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Adjust Servings: 2 loaves
Calories: 202kcal
Ingredients
For the bread:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup raw sugar
- 8 TBS butter softened
- 3 mashed ripe bananas
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups fresh blueberries save some for garnish
- the zest of one lemon save some for garnish
Garnish:
- Additional blueberries and lemon zest
Optional:
For the glaze:
- 2 ounces of cream cheese softened
- 1 tablespoon of butter softened
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup of powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Place sugar and melted butter in a large bowl, beat with a mixer at medium speed until mixture is fluffy and well blended (about 1 minute).
- Add mashed banana, eggs (one at a time); beat until blended. Add vanilla.
- Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist. Gently fold in blueberries and lemon zest. Spoon batter into two 8½ x 4½-inch loaf pans previously greased.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool the bread 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove the bread from pan.
- Cool completely on wire rack.
- Garnish with lemon zest and additional blueberries.
For the glaze:
- Beat the cream cheese and butter with a mixer until thoroughly combined, 1-3 minutes. Add the lemon juice and beat to combine. Slowly add the powdered sugar and mix until a glaze forms.
- Pour the glaze over the top of the bread and garnish with blueberries and lemon zest if desired.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 202kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g (10%) | Protein: 3g (6%) | Fat: 7g (11%) | Saturated Fat: 2g (10%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 28mg (9%) | Sodium: 172mg (7%) | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 0% | Vitamin C: 0% | Calcium: 0% | Iron: 0%
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October 18, 2016 at 12:00 PMYou always make me drool 🙂 I actually just said to my husband last night that I really need to find a good purpose for the blueberries in our freezer that we picked this last summer! Thank you for sharing with us at the To Grandma’s house we go link party – hope to see you at the next one that starts tomorrow! Pinned!
Marilyn
October 19, 2016 at 11:08 AMThank you for the kind words. I am happy to give you something new to try with those blueberries. This was so delicious. And the blueberry chocolate ice cream made it a great after dinber snack! Enjoy!
Jamie
October 17, 2016 at 8:24 PMYum – that sounds amazing! Pinning to try. 🙂 Thank you for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty
Marilyn
October 17, 2016 at 8:58 PMYou are welcome Jamie! I will see you next week!
Sahana
October 17, 2016 at 5:20 PMLooks so yummy.Thank you for sharing with us at #HomeMattersParty . See you again next week.
Marilyn
October 17, 2016 at 6:51 PMYou are welcome Sahana. I will be there next week.
Miz Helen
October 17, 2016 at 3:51 PMHi Marilyn,
Your Blueberry Banana Bread looks wonderful, I can almost taste it and thanks so much for sharing it with us! Have a great week and hope to see you at Full Plate Thursday again real soon!
Miz Helen
Marilyn
October 17, 2016 at 4:15 PMThank you so much! I will see next Thursday.
Lisa J O'Driscoll
October 15, 2016 at 6:55 PMThis sounds delicious! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome recipe at Share The Wealth Sunday!
Marilyn
October 15, 2016 at 8:55 PMYou are welcome Lisa. I am so glad you enjoyed it!
Katrin
October 15, 2016 at 3:21 PMI make banana bread a lot of times and we all love it but now I want to try this yummy recipe adding lemon zest and the blueberries! Must taste amazing!
Marilyn
October 15, 2016 at 8:51 PMIt really perks up a tired banana bread. It is truly delicious! Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Jess
October 14, 2016 at 3:55 PMWow…this sounds so delicious! YUM!
I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Marilyn
October 14, 2016 at 7:17 PMThanks Jess!
Nikki Frank-Hamilton
October 14, 2016 at 9:59 AMI love blueberry and lemon together! This is a great combination! Delish!
Marilyn
October 14, 2016 at 7:15 PMThank you Nikki. It was a new combo for me. Tasted great!
Carla a.k.a Mrs. R
October 13, 2016 at 11:32 AMThis blueberry bread looks yummy. It’s definitely one that the Hubby would love xo
Marilyn
October 13, 2016 at 7:50 PMI was surprised my non lemon loving family flipped over this bread! I hope he gets to try it! Thanks Carla!
Beverly
October 13, 2016 at 9:28 AMYour blueberry bread looks so good. I must admit that I add lemon zest to most things. It always makes it taste just a little better.
Hugs,
Bev
Marilyn
October 13, 2016 at 7:48 PMI must say Bev that I will be adding it to a lot more. Thanks and have a winderful week!
Jennifer Bly
October 13, 2016 at 9:17 AMI’ve never had a blueberry bread! It looks and sounds amazing though!
Thanks for sharing (and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop).
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo
Marilyn
October 13, 2016 at 3:04 PMThank you Jennifer. Enjoy your week!
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome
October 12, 2016 at 9:27 AMSounds totally delicious! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up.
Marilyn
October 12, 2016 at 2:18 PMThe addition of the lemon really knocked this one out of the park for my family!
Thanks Helen.
Sandra Garth
October 11, 2016 at 2:53 PMThis is a great use for the over ripened bananas that I’ve been tossing out.
Marilyn
October 11, 2016 at 8:58 PMIs it just me or are bananas going straight from green to black almost overnight? I must have two dozen in my freezer waiting to be used in a recipe like this!
Angela @marathonsandmotivation.com
October 9, 2016 at 8:57 PMYum! I love the idea of blueberries & bananas together…Perfect!! Thanks for sharing at the Sunday Fitness & Food Link-Up at marathonsandmotivation.com
Marilyn
October 9, 2016 at 9:10 PMThank you Angela for coming over to share your thoughts!
Danita Carr
October 9, 2016 at 6:18 PMYum! This sweet bread sounds absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing at #SmallVictories linkup!
Marilyn
October 9, 2016 at 9:09 PMYou are welcome Danita. It is delicious!
Claire
October 9, 2016 at 3:22 PMGreat recipe! I’m not a blueberry fan, but I bet this would be interesting with Cherries! xx #smallvictoriessundaylinkup
Marilyn
October 9, 2016 at 9:09 PMCherries sound wonderful! Great idea!
Lisa Kerhin
October 3, 2016 at 9:40 AMI love the pairing blueberries and lemon and especially in bread form! I’m going to have to try this one as I am a huge banana bread lover. Looks so yummy, Marilyn!
Marilyn
October 3, 2016 at 12:13 PMThank you so much Lisa! I am glad you like it. Have a blessed week!