Berry Mini Loaves Recipes

BERRY MINI BREADS

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. , Combine dry ingredients; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in cranberry sauce and blueberries. Pour into four greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. , Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

BLUEBERRY LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir milk, oil, egg, and vanilla extract into flour mixture until batter is just blended. Gently fold blueberries into batter; pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes.

LEMON-BLUEBERRY LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk together sugar, melted butter, sour cream, and lemon juice in a large bowl until thoroughly blended. Mix in milk.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest in a separate bowl. Remove 2 tablespoons flour mixture and place in a third, smaller bowl with frozen blueberries; stir to coat. Stir remaining flour mixture into milk-sour cream mixture with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, blending until just combined. Fold floured blueberries into batter and transfer into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, mix together icing sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a small bowl for the topping.
• Remove loaf from the oven and immediately poke holes all over the top with a toothpick. Pour topping over the top of the loaf and let cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove loaf to a wire rack to cool completely.

BLUEBERRY LEMON LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Grate the zest from the lemon onto a small plate. Cut the lemon in half, and squeeze the juice from both halves. Make a topping by whisking together 1 teaspoon of the lemon zest, 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice, and the confectioners' sugar in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Whisk together the white sugar, melted butter, eggs, sour cream, the remaining lemon zest, and the remaining lemon juice in a large bowl until evenly blended. Stir in the milk; set aside.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate large bowl. Remove 3 tablespoons of the flour mixture and set aside. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture; pour the milk mixture into the well and stir the batter just until combined.
• Fold the frozen blueberries into the reserved 3 tablespoons of the flour mixture, then fold the blueberries into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 60 minutes.
• Remove from oven; immediately poke holes all over the top of the loaf with a toothpick, and pour the topping evenly over the loaf. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

RHUBARB-BERRY MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease eight 2 1/2x3 1/2-inch mini loaf pans.
• Beat melted butter, orange juice, brown sugar, and egg together using an electric mixer in a bowl. Stir in rhubarb and strawberries.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and ginger in a bowl. Pour into egg mixture and stir until just incorporated and batter is stiff. Divide and spread batter evenly between the 8 prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaves comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

BLUEBERRY LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, milk and vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder; add to creamed mixture just until combined. Gently fold in blueberries. , Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over top. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

BERRY MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine the dry ingredients together with a whisk. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Stir in cranberry sauce and blueberries by hand.
• Pour into four greased mini loaf pans (approximately 5 3/4"x3"x2").
• Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes or until bread passes a toothpick test.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans and cooling completely on a wire rack.

BLUEBERRY MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Prepare 16 mini loaf pans with cooking spray and flour; set aside.
• (Note: I use petite loaf pans with capacity for 9 loaves, size 2 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 1 1/2 in; or use the mini loaf pan with capacity for 6 loaves, size 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in, from Wilton Brand that you can buy at any local arts and crafts store).
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, blueberries, sugar, baking powder, lemon peel, and salt; set aside.
• In another mixing bowl, combine applesauce, whole eggs, oil, and milk. Mix with the flour mixture.
• Beat egg whites and fold into dry and wet mixtures, stirring until moistened. Spoon each loaf pan with three ounces batter or about half cup of batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until tops are browned.
• Note: Calories 209 and 3.7 Weight Watchers points.