Blueberry Banana Bread
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This recipe for Blueberry Banana Bread is a classic sweet bread with a healthy twist. It’s the perfect breakfast, snack, or even dessert option and can be frozen for later use!
Why You’ll Love Blueberry Banana Bread
Breads like Banana Pumpkin Bread, Cinnamon Apple Sauce Bread, and Chocolate Sweet Potato Bread are perfect to pull out on busy mornings for a filling, nutritious breakfast. Here are a few reasons you’ll love this Blueberry Banana Bread.
- It’s made 50% whole wheat flour.
- It is packed with a tasty superfood: blueberries!
- The banana provides a natural sweetness (and nutrition) but still lets the blueberries shine.
- It’s freezer friendly.
Ingredient Notes
- Flour – Like many of our baked goods, we use a combo of all-purpose flour and white whole wheat flour. We prefer this specific variety because it yields fluffier baked goods but still provides the nutrition from whole wheat flour.
- Sugar – Consider adding a little more if your banana isn’t very ripe or blueberries aren’t very sweet. For a more all-natural sugar, sub coconut sugar.
- Ripe Banana – This is a great way to use up bananas that have gone past their due date. In fact, overripe bananas are perfect for recipes like this! You can always peel them and toss them in the freezer until you’re ready to bake.
- Blueberries – The star of the party! You can use frozen or fresh, but don’t thaw the frozen ones first.
Polly’s Testing Tips
1. Top it off with some additional blueberries so they show off on top of the loaf when it’s done.
2. Take some extra time to really mash that banana up. You could use a fork to do this, but I found a potato masher to be really helpful. Mash mash mash until there are almost no more visible chunks.
3. When using fresh blueberries, you need to mix them in slowly. Don’t use a stand mixer for this! Unless you want purple, tough bread that is.
Can I Freeze Blueberry Banana Bread?
It’s no secret we are big fans of freezer meals around here. In fact, we have 2 freezer meal cookbooks, 1 Hour Freezer Prep Sessions, and even a round-up with 70+ freezer meal recipes that you will love!
So, we definitely have freezer meal instructions for this recipe.
Freeze for Later: Fully bake, fully cool, and remove the loaf from the pan. Then wrap the loaf in several layers of plastic wrap and then in a layer of foil. Label it with the recipe name and date and freeze.
Prepare from Frozen: When you’re ready to enjoy your frozen bread, let it thaw in on the counter, in the fridge, or using the defrost setting on your microwave. Cut a slice and warm it for about 15-20 seconds in the microwave.
Recipe FAQS
You bet! Although, fresh blueberries are preferable. If you need to use frozen blueberries, do not thaw, add another 2 tablespoons of flour to the dry ingredients, and extend the bake time. This is because frozen blueberries will bring some additional moisture to the mix.
What Goes Well With Blueberry Banana Bread?
While this recipe can stand alone and leave you feeling full as a snack, here are some recipes that would complement it well for breakfast or lunch:
Blueberry Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour
- 3/4 cup sugar (sub: coconut sugar for a healthier alternative)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted (If you use salted butter, use a little less salt.)
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2 medium bananas)
- 1 heaping cup fresh blueberries (see Cooking Notes if using frozen blueberries)
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- Cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat an 8.5 x 4.5 inch bread loaf pan with cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flours, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Whisk together.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine butter, mashed banana, and eggs.
- Add wet mixture to flour mixture. Stir just until just combined.
- Gently fold in the blueberries.
- Spoon batter into the greased loaf pan (I used a ceramic pan).
- Bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool bread in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack. Then, remove bread from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.
Freezer Instructions
Notes/Tips
Nutrition
This recipe Rocks ! Followed as directed and it came out perfectly. My husband said it’s “phenomenal” even, Thanks so much =)
So glad you found a phenomenal recipe Amanda! 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to leave a review.
Loving this recipe, thinking of making it tonight. Wondering if I can just use all white flour?
Hi Samantha. Yes, you can use all-white flour. We do our best to use white whole wheat flour as much as possible because it doesn’t change the texture and adds nutrition!
Turned out fabulous. I tried Monk Fruit and white sugar since I didn’t have coconut sugar. This loaf won’t last long 🙂 I have already had two slices. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Hi Shirlene. Thanks for taking the time to leave a review and let others know what substitutions worked for you!