Blueberry Pineapple Bread

Blueberry Pineapple Bread is a dense old-fashioned comfort food bread that is irresistible with a cup of coffee—the perfect bread for morning breakfast or afternoon snack. Add my powdered sugar glaze to sweeten this blueberry bread even more.

Blueberry Pineapple Bread

This blueberry bread would also be a nice summer afternoon snack and would go perfectly with my recipe for Citrus Punch.

If you are looking for more bread recipes that are tried and true then you might like my recipe for Moist Irish Bread, or Lemon Poppyseed Bread

What I love about this Recipe

• It’s old-fashioned and it tastes old-fashioned
• It’s sweet, but not overly sweet
• If you want to make this bread sweeter, you can add a powdered sugar glaze to sweeten up the bread

Ingredients

• sugar – you’ll use granulated sugar to sweeten this bread recipe
• egg – use a large egg. I still remember using one of my sister’s hen eggs for a recipe that was so cute and tiny. It completely flopped the recipe. Learn from my mistake – you need to use a large egg or if you only have a small one, use 2
• butter – melted and unsalted butter is the best choice for this recipe
• pineapple juice – I strained the crushed pineapple and used the juice from that
• flour – use all-purpose flour for this recipe
• salt – this is used in most baking recipes. It balances the recipe out, enhances the recipe, and enhances sugar. Think about how delicious watermelon is when you sprinkle salt onto a slice
• baking powder – you probably already know this, but baking powder is used to make baking recipes rise and fluff up
• pineapple – you’ll want to get yourself a can of crushed pineapple. This will be drained
• blueberries – you can use fresh or frozen blueberries for this blueberry bread recipe
• nuts – the recipe says any kind, but in my opinion chopped pecans or chopped walnuts are the best option for this easy blueberry bread

Optional Glaze Ingredients

• powdered sugar – this is made to make a basic powdered sugar glaze that would be delicious if poured over the blueberry pineapple loaf
• milk – milk and powdered sugar combined make such a delicious glaze
• vanilla extract – this is not absolutely necessary but does add another level of flavor to the glaze and I think you’ll like it

How to Make Blueberry Bread with Pineapple

Step One

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

Step Two

In a large bowl, combine sugar and egg

Gradually whisk in butter

Step Three

Strain the crushed pineapple over a bowl and pour 3/4 cup of the juice into the butter mixture

Step Four

In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder

Step Five

Pour that into the butter mixture and stir to combine

Fold in the pineapple, blueberries, and nuts

Pour into a greased bread loaf pan

Bake for one hour

Making the Glaze

• In a small bowl combine the powdered sugar, milk, and extract

Adding the glaze to the bread

Let the bread cool for about 30 minutes before adding the glaze. If it is too warm, the glaze might just soak into the bread

Expert Tips

If the glaze is too thin, gradually add more powdered sugar and in the reverse, if it is too thick add more milk

Variations

Make a lemon glaze by adding 2 tbsp. milk and 2 tbsp. of lemon juice. Grate fresh lemon zest over the glaze

Make mini loaves for individual bread loaves. This would be so much fun at an afternoon tea

What to Serve with this Blueberry Bread Recipe

• powdered sugar glaze
• Homemade Berry Sauce
• classic club sandwich
• Barbecue Ham Sandwich
• Coffee
• Hot Tea
• Sweet Tea

FAQs

Storing and Reheating

Store this bread in a cool place, covered, at room temperature for up to 4 days

Freezing:

Let the bread cool completely. Wrap with wax paper, plastic wrap, and then foil. Place in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months.

Thawing: Unwrap and thaw at room temperature or leave wrapped and thaw in the fridge

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Serving Size

This recipe will make one loaf of bread. Depending on how thick your slices are, it should feed about 8 people

Doubling baking recipes can be tricky. If you want 2 leaves, I would just suggest starting over with another batch

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