Bread recipes with fruit are a delicious breakfast treat, a mid-day snack or the perfect item for your next bake sale. The sweet taste of these breads makes them a tasty idea for your next tea party.
Bread Recipes with Fruit – Raspberry Lemon Bread:
This is one of those bread recipes with fruit that looks like you spent all day making it but it’s actually incredibly easy to make!
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup milk
- ⅓ cup butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 1 cup raspberries
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 teaspoons lemon juice
- Grated lemon peel strips
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Grease bottom only of 9x5-inch glass loaf dish.
- In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
- In medium bowl, beat eggs and granulated sugar with wire whisk.
- Stir milk, butter, 2 tsp lemon peel and raspberries into egg mixture.
- Fold wet mixture into dry mixture just until moistened.
- Pour into prepared dish.
- Bake 1 hour or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes and them remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely for 2 hours.
- In a small bowl, stir powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth and thin.
- Drizzle glaze over bread and garnish with lemon peel strips.
Bread Recipes with Fruit – Apple Bread:
This Apple Bread recipe can be made into mini loaves for the perfect snack in your child’s lunch kit.
- 1½ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 1 cup finely shredded peeled apple
- ¼ cup apple sauce (unsweetened)
- 2 eggs
- ¼ tsp lemon zest
- 1 cup walnuts or pecans (optional)
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Grease bottom only of a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, combine first seven ingredients.
- In a second bowl, mix together apple, apple sauce, eggs and lemon zest.
- Add mixture to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened.
- Gently stir in nuts (optional).
- Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes before loosening sides and letting cool on rack.
- Cool completely (2 hours) before slicing.
Bread Recipes with Fruit – Blueberry-Banana Bread:
This delicious bread only takes 15 minutes to prepare. It freezes well so it’s a great treat to keep on hand for special guests.
- 2 cups Bisquick Mix
- ¾ cup quick-cooking oats
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2 medium)
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup fresh or frozen (thawed and drained) blueberries
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Grease bottom of a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- Stir Bisquick, oats, sugar, bananas, milk and eggs in a large bowl until moistened.
- Beat on high speed for 30 seconds.
- Gently stir in blueberries.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes before loosening sides and cooling directly on rack.
- Cool completely (about 2 hours) before slicing.
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Shawna says
Not only are your recipes delicious sounding, but your pictures are beautiful too. Visiting from Jam Hands.
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Cheryl says
That’s so sweet of you to say! Thank you, Shawna!
Our Family World says
Oooh, the Blueberry Banana Bread sounds just delicious! The Apple one sounds really good too.
Cheryl says
They were all so delicious! I’m pretty sure I ate way more than my share.
Cindy @Hun... What's for Dinner? says
Your breads look so delicious! Thanks for sharing at Simple Supper Tuesday.
BeColorful says
The addition of apricots is fresh and tempting. Thanks for sharing on BeColorful this week.
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Brenna @ Life After Laundry says
What a great resource for fruit breads. They all look awesome and I can wait to start trying some of these recipes. Thank you so much for sharing this with the Less Laundry, More Linking party.
All that's Jas says
Oh, all the favorites in this roundup! Thanks for sharing at Thursday Favorite Things! Hope to see you again this week 🙂
Karly says
This would be so good for breakfast! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!