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Blueberry Lemon Crumb Loaf

The perfect spring and summertime recipe with the most delicious lemony crumb topping!
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 1 hr 5 mins
Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

Batter

  • 1 1/2 c flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 5 tbsp butter, melted, cooled
  • 1 1/4 c sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • zest and juice of 1 large lemon or 2 small lemons
  • 1/2 c milk
  • 1 dry pint of blueberries
  • 1 tbsp all purpose flour

Crumb Topping

  • 1/4 c softened butter you'll want room temp butter
  • 1/2 c flour
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • zest of 1 small lemon (or 1 large if you're going for it)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350. Grease your loaf pan, set aside.
  • Melt butter, set aside to cool. 
  • Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. 
  • In a standmixer with the paddle attachment, or in a bowl to use with a hand mixer, combine sugar, eggs, lemon zest and lemon juice. Mix until well combined. 
  • Add melted butter in small increments, mixing well between additions. You want to make sure to temper the eggs so the butter, if still warm, does not cook the eggs. 
  • Add flour mixture and milk in two batches to the sugar mixture, adding flour then milk and mixing until well combined before adding more flour and milk. 
  • Toss blueberries with 1 tbsp flour, gently fold into the batter. 
  • Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. 
  • In a bowl, combine crumb topping ingredients. Mix with your hands until a shaggy, crumbly mixture forms. 
  • Top the batter (now in your loaf pan) with the crumb mixture. 
  • Bake for ~65 minutes, turning the loaf half way through. I started checking mine at 55. It may need more or less depending on your oven. If the crumb starts to brown too quickly, pop a sheet of foil over it. 
Keyword blueberry, lemon