Blueberry Lemon Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons lemons, rind of, grated
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f. butter 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 loaf pan.
• 2 combine first 3 ingredients in small bowl.
• 3 using electric mixer, cream butter with 1 cup sugar in large bowl until mixture is light and fluffy.
• 4 add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 add lemon peel. mix in dry ingredients alternatively with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• 6 fold in blue berries.
• 7 spoon batter into prepared loaf pan.
• 8 bake until golden brown and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
• 9 meanwhile, bring 1/3 cup sugar and lemon juice to boil in small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• 10 pierce top of cake all over with toothpick. pour hot lemon mixture over loaf in pan.
• 11 cool 30 minutes in pan on rack.
• 12 turn bread out of pan and cool completely on rack.