I love having healthy treats on hand that my whole family can enjoy. This blueberry lemon bread works well as a snack at school or a quick bite after school. I like to freeze one of the mini-loaves so I can pull it out of the freezer on a day when I’m too busy to bake. My children do eat gluten, but I think it’s good to give them a variety of grains, and they don’t even notice that they’re not eating wheat here.
Ingredients:
2 cups gluten-free flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ tsp. salt
2 eggs
¼ cup coconut oil
¼ cup applesauce
1/3 cup maple syrup
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
1 cup blueberries
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease two mini-loaf pans.
- In a small bowl, combine dry ingredients.
- In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, coconut oil, applesauce, maple syrup, lemon juice and zest.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir to combine. Fold in the blueberries.
- Transfer the batter to the 2 loaf pans and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Alternately, you can use one regular loaf pan (bake for 45-50 minutes) or a muffin pan (bake for 20-25 minutes).
Price Breakdown
This recipe costs $4.55 to make, or $.40 per serving. Pre-packaged gluten-free snacks are expensive, and their ingredient lists typically contain highly processed ingredients.
Linking to Allergy-Free Wednesday, Gluten-Free Wednesday, Real Food Wednesday, Whole Foods Wednesday, Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways, Eat Make Grow, Simple Lives Thursday, Keep It Real Thursday, Gluten-Free Fridays, Show and Tell Saturday, Made From Scratch Monday.
I’m going to try this. It sounds lovely.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it.
I’ve never used gluten-free flour, would substituting all-purpose be ok here?
Yes, 2 cups of all-purpose or white whole wheat would also work here.
I love that this uses applesauce, coconut oil and maple syrup. I’ll give it a try – will just have to sub regular flour. Thanks!
I hope you like it!
I agree with Heidi. I really like some of the ingredients. I don’t bake often but this would be a treat.
Could pastry flour work? If I understand this right it doesn’t have gluten.
As far as I understand, pastry flour does have gluten. If you don’t have a problem with gluten, though, whole wheat pastry flour or white whole wheat flour would be good substitutes. You may want to increase the applesauce a bit because wheat flours tend to be thirstier than gluten-free flour.