Sweet, tangy, and made in one bowl, this Blueberry Kefir Bread is a delicious and easy breakfast loaf to make! Loaded with tart blueberries, make this loaf for your next brunch party!
One bowl bread is the best! Whether it's chocolate chip banana bread, double chocolate banana bread, Irish soda bread, or Nutella zucchini bread, making a quick bread in one bowl is easy and delicious!
In this recipe, we are using blueberry kefir to enhance the blueberry flavor in this bread. Add some fresh or frozen blueberries and you have a simple and delicious bread loaded with summer flavors!
Kefir is perfect to bake with! You can make vanilla muffins, baked peach donuts, sweet mango pancakes, kefir cornbread, and even kefir snickerdoodles!
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- It's a one bowl dream! All the ingredients can be mixed in one bowl and then baked in a loaf pan. So easy!
- It's versatile! You can use this recipe and change the fruit! Use strawberry kefir and strawberry pieces, or raspberry kefir and raspberries!
- It's perfect for meal prep! Make this loaf on a Sunday and cut it into pieces for breakfast throughout the week.
Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Sugar
- Melted Butter. Coconut oil can be used into of coconut oil.
- Eggs
- Blueberry Kefir
- Vanilla Extract
- Blueberries. Fresh or frozen.
What is Kefir?
Kefir is a tart and tangy cultured milk. It is full of good for you probiotics and is high in calcium and protein. In this recipe, we are using kefir where you would normally use buttermilk. The consistency is a little thicker than buttermilk and gives this blueberry bread the tang and moisture for a fluffy inside crumb.
Equipment You'll Need
How To Make Blueberry Kefir Bread
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a loaf pan with butter or cooking spray. Set that aside.
Mix 1 tablespoon of flour into the blueberries. This will keep them from sinking to the bottom of the batter.
Add the sugar and melted butter to a bowl. Mix well until fully combined.
Add the eggs, vanilla extract, and kefir to the bowl. Mix again until fully combined.
Add the flour and baking powder to the bowl. Mix until fully combined but do not overmix.
Fold in the blueberries.
Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.
Cool the loaf on a wire rack.
To make the icing, add 1 cup of powdered sugar to a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of blueberry kefir and mix until the desired consistency is reached. If you would like to icing thicker, add more powdered sugar. To thin out the icing, add more blueberry kefir.
Tips and Tricks
- Make sure the loaf pan is greased well. There is nothing worse than going through the hard work of making a loaf of bread and it sticking to the pan.
- If the top of the loaf starts to burn too quickly, cover the pan with aluminum foil until the loaf is done baking.
- This recipe makes one loaf, but you could separate this into mini loaves if you have small loaf pans, or you can double the recipe and make two loaves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! This bread freezes beautifully. Allow the loaf to cool and then wrap it in plastic wrap. Place it in a Ziploc bag and freeze for up to 3 months.
Yes! If you prefer to make these into muffins, simply line a muffin tin with muffin liners, scoop the batter into the muffin tin and bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.
Yes! I love using wild Maine blueberries in this recipe. A lot of times you can only find them frozen, and they work great! If you don't have fresh blueberries, frozen works great!
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📖 Recipe
Blueberry Kefir Bread
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
- ¾ cup Sugar
- ¼ cup Butter Melted
- 2 Eggs
- 2 cups Blueberry Kefir
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 ½ cups Blueberries Fresh or Frozen
For the Icing
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 tablespoon Blueberry Kefir
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a loaf pan with butter or cooking spray. Set that aside.
- Mix 1 tablespoon of flour into the blueberries. This will keep them from sinking to the bottom of the batter.
- Add the sugar and melted butter to a bowl. Mix well until fully combined.
- Add the eggs, vanilla extract, and kefir to the bowl. Mix again until fully combined.
- Add the flour and baking powder to the bowl. Mix until fully combined but do not overmix.
- Fold in the blueberries.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.
- Cool the loaf on a wire rack.
- To make the icing, add 1 cup of powdered sugar to a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of blueberry kefir and mix until the desired consistency is reached. If you would like to icing thicker, add more powdered sugar. To thin out the icing, add more blueberry kefir.
Notes
- Make sure the loaf pan is greased well. There is nothing worse than going through the hard work of making a loaf of bread and it sticking to the pan.
- If the top of the loaf starts to burn too quickly, cover the pan with aluminum foil until the loaf is done baking.
- This recipe makes one loaf, but you could separate this into mini loaves if you have small loaf pans, or you can double the recipe and make two loaves.
Isabelle says
Excellent recipe! Needed to use up some kefir and this made a delicious treat for the family! Thank you!
Lisa B. says
Absolutely delicious. I've never had Blueberry Kefir either. It is delicious and enhances this bread perfectly. I had enough to make a mini loaf as well. A perfect breakfast bread. The icing is delicious, too. Thank you so much, Lynn, for sharing this delicious recipe.
lynnswayoflife says
I am so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for making my recipe!
Maria says
I have a bottle of kefir that my daughter bought for me and decided to do some baking with some of it. I finished making your recipe for cornbread and it is delicious. I had to make a few changes since I did not have butter and not enough sugar. I used avocado oil instead of the butter, Whole wheat flour and coconut sugar. Now, I'm trying to use some frozen peaches and would like to know if I can use those instead of the blueberries and if I can use the whole wheat flour since that's all I have.
Thank you so much for sharing your recipes. I am keeping the cornbread one for now
Lynn Polito says
Hi! Sure I don't see why you couldn't use frozen peaches. Enjoy!