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Blueberry Lemon Bread (Yield: 1 loaf)

Junior League of McAllen, Inc.

1½ cups all-purpose flour

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons grated lemon peel

¼ teaspoon salt

½ cups milk

6 tablespoons unsalted butter (room temperature)

1½ cups fresh blueberries or frozen blueberries, thawed and well drained

1 1/3 cups sugar, divided

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Grease 9 x 5 loaf pan. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in small bowl. In a large bowl, using electric mixer, cream butter with 1 cup sugar until mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add lemon peel. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Fold in blueberries. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. During last 15 minutes of baking time, bring 1/3 cup sugar and 3 tablespoons lemon juice to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Pierce top of hot loaf several times with a toothpick. Pour hot lemon mixture over loaf while still in pan. Cool 30 minutes in pan on rack. Turn bread out of pan; cool completely on rack.