Blueberry Basil Loaf Recipes

BLUEBERRY-BASIL LIMEADE

Steps:

• Place the sugar, basil sprigs and 1 cup of water into a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring every so often, until the sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let steep for 30 minutes.
• Discard the basil and pour the syrup into a pitcher. Stir in the lime juice and 4 cups of cold water. Add the blueberries and chill for at least 4 hours or until ready to serve.
• To serve, put some ice in a glass, pour over the limeade and garnish with basil leaves. To make into a cocktail, add ice to a rocks glass and top with 1 1/2 ounces gin. Top off with the limeade and garnish with basil.

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.

BLUEBERRY-BASIL ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil with 1 cup each blueberries and fresh basil and 5 tablespoons sugar; stir to dissolve the sugar. Let cool 5 minutes. Add 12 white tea bags and steep 5 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher, gently pressing on the solids. Stir in 3 cups cold water. Chill. Serve over ice with blueberries and basil sprigs.

PEACH BLUEBERRY-BASIL ICED PEACH TEA

Steps:

• Crush blueberries and basil with wooden spoon in 1-quart glass measuring cup. Stir in Pure Leaf™ Not Too Sweet Peach Tea. Strain and serve in ice-filled glasses. Garnish, if desired, with additional blueberries and basil.
• For a pitcher, simply double the recipe.
• For a cocktail version, simply add ¼ cup light rum.

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.

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.

BLUEBERRY COBBLER LOAF BREAD

Steps:

• TOPPING: mix together melted butter, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and chopped walnuts. Mix all ingredients until crumbly and set aside.
• Line the bottom of a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan with parchment paper or grease it.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Make a well in the center and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine beaten eggs, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract; add to the well in dry ingredients. Stir just until batter is moistened.
• Carefully stir in 1 tablespoon flour into the blueberries, then fold the blueberries and lemon peel into the batter mixture.
• Place the topping mixture onto the top of the bread batter.
• Bake at 350º F. and bake for about 50-60 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the loaf, but just check that the topping is not burning, (thanks the reviewer for this suggestion).
• Remove from oven and cool blueberry bread in pan on a rack.
• NOTE: for best flavor, wrap and store overnight; or refrigerate wrapped for 2 days, or freeze for 2 weeks.

BLUEBERRY BANANA LOAF

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• In a bowl combine the flour with the next 4 dry ingredients.
• In a bowl, cream the butter with sugar and vanilla until fluffy (about 4-5 minutes until no sugar granules remain, this is important!).
• Add in eggs, and beat well (about 2-3 minutes).
• Mix in the mashed banana until combined, then using a wooden spoon mix in the flour mixture just until combined.
• Fold in the blueberries.
• Transfer to prepared baking pan.
• Bake for about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

BLUEBERRY BRUNCH LOAF

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Stir in egg and orange zest. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk and juice, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Fold in blueberries. Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. , Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. , For glaze, combine sugar, butter and orange zest. Gradually add milk until glaze is of spreading consistency; drizzle over warm bread.

BLUEBERRY LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan oven. Grease a 900g/2lb loaf tin then line the base and ends with grease proof paper.
• Put the butter, sugar, flour, eggs and vanilla extract into a large bowl and beat with an electric hand mixer for 5 minutes until pale and creamy - the mixture will be very thick.
• Spread one-quarter of the mix into the tin, then scatter over a third of the fruit.
• Carefully dot and spread another quarter of the cake mix on top, and scatter with another third of the fruit, repeat this step.
• Finally dot the rest of the cake mix over and gently spread with the back of a spoon.
• Bake for 1 hour until an inserted skewer comes out clean, then leave to cool.
• Mix the icing sugar and soft cheese to make the frosting then smooth onto the top of the cake. I normally start with 100g of soft cheese and add as much icing sugar as I think it needs.