Healthy Lemon Blueberry Bread (Refined Sugar Free)
Impossible not to love this beautiful loaf of bread. It’s yummy as hell but not overly sweet, with honey as the sweetener. The blueberries also add some juicy sweetness to the loaf and just keep it naturally delicious. We try to avoid using cane sugar as much as possible here at HH. Sometimes, however, it’s unavoidable – especially with my mom’s Greek dessert recipes.
ingredients:
Always happy to make this loaf for my family since it uses whole wheat flour, honey, Greek yogurt, avocado oil, blueberries and a lemon. Make sure your eggs and yogurt are at room temperature so that they combine seamlessly. You can use honey or maple syrup or agave… any liquid sweetener works. I use 5% fat Greek yogurt.
For the oil, you can choose from any neutral oil. I prefer avocado oil but also use olive oil, melted and cooled coconut oil or sunflower oil. It’s pretty much what I have on hand.
As a side note, next time I make this bread, I will either try it with lime juice and zest or orange. I think the combination would be amazing.
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Healthy Lemon Blueberry Bread
Ingredients
- 1¾ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup olive oil *
- 1/2 cup honey (or maple syrup)
- 1 cup Greek yogurt, room temp.
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tbs lemon zest
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ cups blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line a 9×5" loaf pan with parchment paper (or spray with coconut oil).
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the first 4 dry ingredients.
- In a large bowl, lightly beat your eggs. Add in the oil, honey, yogurt, lemon juice, zest, vanilla and mix. Fold the dry mixture into the wet.
- Coat the blueberries in a little flour. Then fold them into the batter. Transfer the batter to your pan and spread out evenly. Optional: top with a few more blueberries.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Check it at the 40 minute mark – the top of the loaf may begin to brown too much. Loosely throw a piece of aluminum foil over the top to protect it from getting browner. Let it cool in the pan for 15 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool some more.
Can you make this using a different oil/fat? Have you tried this with raspberries?
Hi Connie, Absolutely.. you can use any neutral oil, like melted and cooled coconut oil, olive oil or sunflower oil. You can also use melted and cooled butter. I haven’t tried raspberries but think they would definitely work. Just make sure they are super dry and have no water in their interior. Let me know how it goes!
This turned out a bit bland to me – Perhaps I did something wrong? I didn’t get a super strong lemon flavor.
Can i use canola oil?
Hi lauren! Yes canola oil will work here too.
Canola oil is not healthy at all..
Hi Lauren
I’m a health coach & have studied nutrition for yours. Canola oil is one of the worst oils to consume for your health. Avocado or coconut oil would be a great choice & much healthier 😊
Canola oil is one of the worst. We follow old world Mediterranean diet for heart health and I only use extra virgin olive oil in all of my cooking and baking.
Can you use bread flour?
Hi Jamie, I haven’t tried it with bread flour but it should work
Hi there! This looks so yummy , would frozen blueberries work?
Hi Julia, YES! Just make sure you rinse your frozen berries and then GENTLY pat them dry with paper towel. This is to avoid your batter from turning purple. Enjoy the loaf!
I followed the recipe and made sure that my measurements are right. The batter was sticky and dry. I’m wondering if that’s normal? It turned out good though.
Yes, the batter will be a littly dry due to the the ingredients. As long as the end product is good.. that’s all that matters!!!!
Can you use other flours? Like almond or oat flour
Yes! I would recommend subbing in oat flour or gluten free one to one flour. For almond flour, I would recommend adding an additional egg and a little coconut flour to absorb moisture! I haven’t tried it so I cannot give you an exact recipe with almond flour. Hope this helps you!
Could us use a DF yogurt to replace?
Absolutely you can use dairy free yogurt!
I did, the bread came out delicious thanks
Can you use regular all purpose flour ?
yes definitely !!
Can I use plain yogurt instead?
Do u know how long it should bake at high altitude? I know I have to add extra flour and liquid when baking at high altitude, but always have trouble trying to figure out the amount of time to bake !
Is it plain flour or self raising please?
Plain all purpose flour here!
Made this last night & had it today. Stella, this was delish! Tasted just like a blueberry muffin (but better lol)
How about whole wheat PASTRY flour?
How about whole wheat PASTRY flour for regular WW flour?
This looks yummy but wondering can I sub the eggs for flax eggs? If so, what is the ratio?
Delicious!! I used 1:1 flour to make it gluten free, and it took longer to bake. Will definitely be putting this in my bookmarks!
My husband and I both loved this bread recipe. It’s hard to find a healthier sweet bread recipe that tastes as good as all the sugar and oil laden ones, but this one hits the tastebuds just right.
Hi Beth, so happy you both enjoyed it! And thank you for taking the time to rate the loaf!
has anyone tried this with the gluten free flour..does it work..or does it need a little more liquid
how many eggs does the recipe call for? its not in the list of ingredients
Can I use fat free Greek yogurt?
What would the measurements be if I were to use oat flour? And if I want to use non dairy yogurt, do I use a plain flavor or like a vanilla flavor?
Hi Andrea, yes, you can use oat flour one to one here. And the plain works or the vanilla if you want something sweeter!
This is delicious. Not too sweet. I did add applesauce instead of the oil and I used just white flour as I did not have any wheat flour. I brought it to my gym friends for after workout and they loved it too. I’ll make this again for sure.
This baked up sooo well!! It tastes as if it were banana bread but without the dreaded banana!! I followed the recipe using Agave, and Fage Greek 5% yogurt. I will try the orange instead of lemon next time!!
Can i freeze them ?
Love it!
Whole family loves it!
NSW Australia 🇦🇺
hi there. I don’t have Greek yogurt what can I substitute for that and how much do I need to put in the recipe? thanks.
Hi Millie, you can use sour cream, cream cheese or banana. Same amount as yogurt
I made it , it came out Delicious, awesome! thank you!
Hi Rose, glad you enjoyed and thanks for trying!
I really do love every single of your mouth watering recipes,thanks for sharing wonderful healthy recipes i did for my family ,i can’t believe it is just easy like this!!😊👍
can you use regular flour instead of wheat flour
HI Michele, absolutely yes!
Could I use frozen berries? Love to make this when blueberries are not is season… and raspberries should also work right?
Thanks Stella ⭐️
Hi Luisa, yes, just don’t thaw them
Can I use almond flour?
I haven’t tried it with the almond flour but it should work with 2 cups almond flour
Can you suggest an alternative to the eggs? I have an allergy
flax eggs
What about using fresh blackberries?
Hi Paige, yes go for it!
Unfortunately this recipe was very bland 😪..
I was wondering where the trans-fat comes from. I saw that it has 1 gram of trans fat list in the nutrition.
I don’t do trans-fat when I cook at home I usually cook and bake from scratch. when I do buy prepared or processed foods, I never buy any that has trans-fat listed and if it isn’t listed as 0 trans-fat. I don’t buy it, I realize when a person goes out and eats it’s hard not to eat some trans-fats, but at home I don’t have any in the house.
I made this recipe with Open Nature gluten free flour and coconut oil, all other ingredients were true to the recipe. It turned out yummy! The cake was denser, as expected with gluten free flour, but it is still tasty. I will try subbing orange for lemon next time and maybe switch strawberries for the blueberries : )
Hi Sabine, Love the orange flavor suggestion! Will definitely try!
Nutrition doesn’t list what is considered a “serving”?
I used liquid coconut oil instead of olive oil and it was a disaster! I actually had to laugh. Mushy inside but we at the edges and it was delicious. Trying again tomorrow! 🙂
Hi there – I’m so sorry the recipe didn’t work with the coconut oil. It really should have!
Perfect lemon-blueberry loaf. I love this loaf + will make it often. Great for breakfast.
It was delicious but I used a mix of strawberry and blueberry and it was more wet than yours on the video
I just made this for my hubby. I haven’t tried it yet, but he said it was bland, but he’ll put some peanut butter on it. I added cinnamon, nutmeg & cloves plus I used 1 cup of all purpose flour, 1/3 cup whole wheat flour, 1/3 cup ground flax seed & 1/3 cup hemp hearts instead of using all whole wheat flour. I’ll add a bit more honey & lemon next time.
I would like to know if you could use gluten free flour instead of wheat flour
Hi Kori, yes that would work here!