A great blueberry quick bread recipe is a must have in any respectable baker’s arsenal. Even beginner bakers can succeed at impressing their friends and family with these user-friendly breads. Quick bread recipes are usually mixed in a bowl with a spoon, as opposed to requiring a stand mixer and they are extremely adaptable. You can use whatever fruits you have on hand or cater to the preferences of your family.
Blueberry Bread with Walnuts Photo Credit: Jen Perez
My sister-in-law and her husband came to visit one weekend and this was the perfect recipe to whip up in a short amount of time. She’s allergic to nuts, but luckily the recipe yields two loaves. I simply left the walnuts out of one of the loaves and mixed them in to the other loaf. I personally preferred the difference in texture that the nuts provided.
What really made this blueberry quick bread recipe pop was the stash of freshly picked berries that we had in our freezer. Since my husband’s such a huge fan of blueberries, we usually go picking at least twice every summer. We always come home a couple hours later with about 10 pounds of super ripe blueberries. While he tries his hardest to eat them all raw, I usually bake with some of the berries, and then freeze the rest of them.
Ripe summer blueberries can be frozen and used year-round for bright bluberry flavor. Photo Credit: Jen Perez
That’s one of my favorite qualities of blueberries. They freeze AMAZINGLY well. I portion them out into 2 cups and freeze them in quart ziplock bags. These frozen blueberries will keep in the freezer for quite some time. Ours never last more than 6 months between the snacking and the baking, but I’m confident they would be delicious throughout the year. Enjoying delicious ripe blueberries in January really is worth the effort. So if you’re like us and have a plethora of fresh summer blueberries in the house, give this blueberry quick bread recipe a shot.
Do you have a favorite blueberry quick bread recipe?
This post was first published in 2012 and has been updated.
Hi Barbara. We’re so glad you enjoy our site! Unfortunately, the software we use does not allow us to prevent the comments from printing with the recipe. My advice would be to see how many pages you really need to print using Print Preview, and then only print those pages (cutting off the comments). We apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks!
Barbara (Aug. 10 Question in comments)
I copy and paste the recipes into my Pages (I have a Mac) then print it or save to my recipe folder. I’m sure you can do something similar on Microsoft…
Hi there. At the bottom of the post, you can click where it says “GET THE RECIPE: Favorite Blueberry Quick Bread Recipe” to see the full recipe. Happy baking!
write an article on where you can pick wild blueberries
A cup is 8 ounces, so the amounting recipe is correct.
Just scored a quart of fresh bb’s. Attempting this today. Yum.
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Hi Barbara. We’re so glad you enjoy our site! Unfortunately, the software we use does not allow us to prevent the comments from printing with the recipe. My advice would be to see how many pages you really need to print using Print Preview, and then only print those pages (cutting off the comments). We apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks!
Barbara (Aug. 10 Question in comments)
I copy and paste the recipes into my Pages (I have a Mac) then print it or save to my recipe folder. I’m sure you can do something similar on Microsoft…
Where is the recipe that was used?
Hi there. At the bottom of the post, you can click where it says “GET THE RECIPE: Favorite Blueberry Quick Bread Recipe” to see the full recipe. Happy baking!