I'm not a baker, I've never been a baker, so you know any baking recipe I have for you is going to be delicious but it's going to be simple. This blueberry banana bread is exactly that PLUS it's genuinely bursting with blueberries.
I feel like this is a very good post. It isn't too long, has pretty pictures, a foolproof delicious recipe and good tips. Please enjoy.
Soooooo, I turned an Amazon package into 4 cups of wild blueberries this week. It was easy enough to do.
I noticed one of my neighbours had a package at their front door but also knew they were away. I texted them about it, put the package somewhere safe and 3 days later I found 4 cups of wild blueberries from Muskoka on my porch.
That's how being neighbourly works.
Because I'm more of a savoury loving person, I don't make a lot of desserty recipes unless you count my Thanksgiving white trash marshmallow salad as a dessert. Which really it is.
Even the pie dough recipe I will use for the rest of my life came about because I was in search of a perfect pie dough for my turkey pot pie.
Table of Contents
The Video
Ingredients
This quick bread uses basic pantry ingredients and yes, you can obviously use regular as opposed to wild blueberries.
- butter
- sugar
- eggs
- mashed banana
- lemon juice
- quick rolled oats
- pecans
- flour
- salt
- baking soda
- wild blueberries
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
The gist of it is ...
Cream together butter & sugar until light and fluffy before adding eggs, banana and lemon juice.
Combine the oats, pecans, flour, salt and baking soda then add to the creamed ingredients and mix.
Once mixed, gently fold in the final ingredient - the blueberries.
Pour into 5x9" loaf pan and bake at 350 for about an hour.
Hint: I'm not sure how, but this magically develops better flavour after sitting for a few hours, so hands off until then if you can. Use the time to get caught up on all the other household chores you've been neglecting like reading books and watching television.
See this chocolate banana (zucchini!) smoothie on my website if you still have bananas leftover after this recipe.
Equipment
This recipe is easy to mix by hand but I love the decals I made for my Kitchen Aid so much that I use it whenever possible. No, seriously. I LOVE my elderly stand mixer now.
Storage
You can store this bread in a plastic bag or wrapped in foil but ...
I store my banana bread on the counter in the pan I cooked it in with a kitchen towel wrapped around the whole thing.
To Freeze:
Wrap individual slices in waxed paper and place them in a freezer bag. Remove single servings as wanted until you run out of them and cry.
Top tip
If you need to ripen your bananas faster or SLOWER do this!
Wild Blueberry Banana Bread
This quick bread is true to its name; a quick delicious banana bread overflowing with juicy blueberries.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup mashed bananas
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- ½ cup quick rolled oats
- ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup blueberries
Instructions
- Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. You can use a mixer as I have or just do it by hand.
- Add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each egg.
- Blend in mashed banana & lemon juice. Set aside.
- Combine oats, pecans, flour, salt and baking soda in a separate medium sized bowl.
- Add dry mixture to wet mixture and stir until dry ingredients are all moistened.
- Gently fold in your final ingredient - blueberries.
- Spoon the batter into a parchment lined (or buttered) 5X9" loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 for 60 minutes or until a wood skewer comes out clean.
- Let rest for 15 minutes in pan, then remove the bread to a wire rack for cooling for 3 hours.
Notes
- If the bread is darkening too much on top cover it with foil or parchment paper.
- Once it's cooled completely you can slice it and freeze in individual portions so you can warm a piece up, slather it in butter and enjoy on winter nights as you stare out at the blizzard.
Nutrition Information
Yield 12 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 270Total Fat 12gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 51mgSodium 227mgCarbohydrates 38gFiber 2gSugar 20gProtein 4g
FAQ
Baking soda and baking powder serve the same purpose - to give rise to anything. Even men, if it's vaguely shaped like boobs.
Substitute baking soda with baking powder at a 1:3 ratio.
Therefore 1 teaspoon of baking soda should be substituted with 3 teaspoon of baking powder.
I don't know about you, but I'm smashing as much into my freezer and preserving as many things as possible before the first snowflake flies. I'm very serious about my winter hibernation.
And protecting neighbourhood packages.
Couldn't see your video. So aggravating because I was gungho!
Hi Emily! It could be the browser you're using. Try switching to another one. The other possible reason is if you're using an ad blocker. Then videos won't show. ~ karen!
I am going to try this recipe. I had one that was just blueberries and it was delicious. I am sure this will be too. I had a tip for the blueberries you can try. Before you start working on the recipe add a small amount of flour to the blueberries to lightly coat them. This helps to keep them whole in the recipe and while baking.
Thank you for all your previous tips on tomatoes. I grew the most perfect specimen of tomatoes. They just took a long time to ripen enough to pick because of the crappy weather this summer.
Good blueberry tip! Thx! ~ karen
Your site has always been entertaining but there are so many ads that I am just exiting before I get to the end.
They're what have allowed me to provide an entertaining blog for free the past 13 years so they won't be going anywhere anytime soon I'm afraid. ~ karen!
Turn on reader version (on Apple products the two AAs at the left of the url address)(not sure about android). Read and enjoy ad free! *note from karen ... Yes!! That's a great way around it. Of course within a few months there won't be any more blog for you to enjoy because I'm not getting paid but it's Ok. because I'll bring my 13 year old free for everyone to use website back from the dead - and start charging private subscription fees.
Can't wait to try this! Weird thing tho'-I couldn't watch the whole video. About 30 seconds in an ad popped up and when the video started again, it was your eggnog video! I tried 3 times to watch the whole banana bread one, but to no avail! I love watching/reading/puzzling all your stuff! Thanks!
Same here! Weird but the true wonder is - she still cooks while sick. I just eat cold cereal and milk. or a banana or if I'm feeling better, I heat up some chicken broth. She really is amazing.
Same here this morning. Something wonky and I'm sure Karen will fix it when she is aware. But honestly we can just follow the pics and directions to make this bread.
Uch. Thanks for letting me know. The ad company must have done it. I'll contact them. ~ karen!
Smack em! 😁
I've been thinking about the new mixer with the giant bowl as an investment for my marriage because he actually married me for my sandwiches. Gotta keep it fresh and this recipe will help. Wild Blueberries are So much sweeter too. The hunt is on. Thanks!
Do you have any thoughts about using dried blueberries (like raisins but blue) cuz I have a big bag from Costco?
And 4 cups of WILD blueberries?? Omg that’s like gold. Lucky you!
Soak in booze for a while first (or warm water, whatever), then drain and measure out. (Mom likes to soak hers in coffee.) An hour or few should do it, will happen faster if liquid is warm. Or soak in fridge overnight, or however long it takes to remember you're soaking something in the fridge lol.
Sounds EXTRA delicious. Next time I'm at my local grocery emporium I'll add bananas, blueberries (fresh or frozen) and pecans to my shopping list. I do luv me some fruit flavored breads, and in my case slathered with butter is almost too obvious to even mention.
Went shopping this morning after posting my 1st comment. It's gonna be frozen blueberries, cuz at my local Jewel Foods store frozen was almost 1/2 the cost of fresh. Will be baking tomorrow.
Wanted to add that the bread is OUTSTANDING! And the recipe is super easy to make..
Thanks Randy! And something miraculous just happened. I think I have finally fixed the comment notification issue. Let me know! ~ karen