Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Sweet Lemon Blueberry Coconut Bread

I've was really into cooking with lemons and coconut, so recipes with these ingredients caught my eye. I took a few different recipes I've seen and combined them together to make this yummy bread.

I also just wanted to apologize that I've been a little MIA lately. I'm about 16 weeks and still pretty sick, tired, and suffering from migraines every day. I'm having a hard time getting through the work day. Looking at the computer screen often makes me dizzy so I haven't been spending as much free time on here. On the days I'm feeling better, I always try to get back to blogging. Today is a miracle and I have some energy, so I'm back!

And back to the yummy bread...

Ingredients:
• 2.5 cups flour
• 1/2 t salt
• 2 t baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cups shredded coconut
• 1/4 c lemon juice
• 1 T lemon zest
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 t vanilla
• 1/2 c applesauce
• 3/4 c fresh blueberries

Getting hungry? Keep scrolling down for directions : )

1. Heat over to 350 degrees. Grease a 9" x 5" loaf pan.

2. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, sugar and coconut.

3. In a small bowl, mix lemon juice, lemon zest, milk, eggs and vanilla.

4. Pour the wet ingredients into the large bowl with the dry ingredients and mix well.

5. Carefully add applesauce and blueberries and stir until smooth.

6. Pour mixture into the loaf pan and bake for 70 minutes or until the center is cooked. Let cool, slice, and enjoy!


33 comments :

  1. Oh my goodness this looks so delicious, and it turned out perfect.. Thanks so much for sharing, and I hope you get feeling better!

    Carlee,
    ladybirdln.blogspot.com

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  2. I'm so sorry you've been sick! That is no fun! This bread looks delicious though!

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  3. Glad you're feeling better and thank you for sharing this which looks delicious!

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  4. You had me at lemon and blueberries. YUM! So sorry you're still feeling yucky! Hope it gets better soon. Have you tried those "Sea Band" arm band things? They made my nausea a little better.

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  5. Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog this morning. This bread sounds good too, though I'd have to leave out the coconut since I don't like it. Praying that you are not bombarded by sickness, headaches or anything else from this point on.

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  6. Oh man, I'm drooling. And my stomach is now growling!

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  7. This looks absolutely amazing!! I hope it makes your icky morning (or all day) sickness go away a little faster!

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  8. This has all my favorite flavors. Looks so good. Hope you feel well soon.
    I didn't have morning sickness--but the next 20 years were quite difficult! J/K

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  9. Oh my! This bread looks too good to be true!

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  10. Bless your heart! I had "all day sickness" so I can feel for you! Your lemon blueberry bread looks sooo moist and delicious. Such a great combo of flavors there. I'm loving anything lemon these days so I want to give this a try. I wonder if I could use frozen blueberries instead of fresh..?..I have some in my freezer now. Thank you for sharing your recipe! I hope you feel better soon.

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  11. This looks so delicious! I'm planning to make it for breakfast tomorrow morning...

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  12. YUM YUM my dear I'm afraid another one I may eat the whole loaf :)

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  13. This sounds wonderful! I was just looking up recipes that had blueberries or lemons but not both in the same recipe! Perfect :D

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  14. WOW...this looks and sounds amazing!!!!!! I will bookmark your site because the two recipes that I just looked at make me VERY hungry! lol... I bet we could learn a thing or two from eachother :)

    Jessica @ http://www.clothdiaperingmama.com

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  15. p.s. i have no idea why my openID says Meghan as my name...my sister in law was using my computer....ugh!!!!!!!!

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  16. Take out the coconut and this sounds downright delicious!

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  17. Oooh, this sounds divine! :D I'll be trying this out some time for sure.

    I'd love it if you could link this up at my linky party this coming weekend! ;)

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  18. Hey, this looks awesome. I love anything coconut. Will try this! Cheers

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  19. definitely hungry now : ) i'm your newest follower, will you follow me back www.southernwhim.blogspot.com

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  20. My oh my...what a wonderful bread full of such yummy flavors!!! Thanks for sharing! :-)

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  21. Yum...Yum...a thousand times...YUM!

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  22. This is such a beautiful cake! How unfortunate we do not have blueberries in Greece!

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  23. oh boy--- this looks like trouble in a good way! so making this!
    malia

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  24. Looks delicious! I can't wait to try. Thanks!

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  25. I love how you added coconut into the mix....sounds so delicious. I think I need to make this for my boys.

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  26. I hope that you're feeling better! Thanks for stopping by and commenting so kindly on my blog last week. This bread is divine! I would love a slice over a cup of tea! Would you consider adding it to my weekend blog get-together going on this weekend? It's perfect!

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  27. This looks so good. I love blueberry with lemon and I'm sure the coconut would make the flavor combo even better. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I'd like to invite you to stop by and link your bread up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/03/sweets-for-saturday-8.html

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  28. OH. MY. GOODNESS! I think that bread looks DIVINE! Thanks so much for linking up to Thrilling Thursday @ Paisley Passions. I hope you stop by again soon :)

    ~Lori @ Paisley Passions

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  29. Looks very yummy, will definitely try this soon, the coconut is looking tempting and making this bread look special.

    -Mythreyi
    Yum! Yum! Yum!

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  30. This really looks delicious! I want this and a hot cup of tea right now!

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  31. I love lemon and blueberry together! I made your cinnamon sugar bread the other day...yum!

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  32. oh, and congrats by the way! sorry your sick - ginger for the nausea but i have no idea abt the migraines. Hopefully they will go away soon!

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  33. Lisa, thank you so much for being a constant quality contributor to "A Little Birdie Told Me..." at Rook No. 17!

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