Blueberry Hazelnut Bread

Preparation time:
15 mins
Cooking time:
1 hour, 15
Serves:
8
This nutty blueberry bread is perfect coffee accompaniment.

Ingredients

1 cup plain flour
3 tsps baking powder
2 tsps ground cinnamon
1 cup hazelnut meal
Β½ cup sour cream
125g unsalted butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup frozen blueberries

Hazelnut Topping

2 tblsps brown sugar
ΒΌ cup roasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped

Method

1 Grease a 12cm x 23cm x 7cm loaf pan. Line with baking paper.

2 To make hazelnut topping, combine sugar and nuts in a small bowl. Set aside.

3 Sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a large bowl. Stir in hazelnut meal.

4 Place cream, butter, sugar and eggs in a large jug. Whisk well. Stir into flour mixture until just combined. Fold in berries. Spoon into pan. Sprinkle hazelnut topping.

5 Cook in a moderately slow oven (160C) for about 1 hour, 15 minutes, or until skewer inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven. Stand in pan for 10 minutes before putting onto a wire rack.

6 Serve warm or cold.

Notes

Tip: Don’t thaw the blueberries – simply stir into batter while frozen to prevent them from bleeding into the mixture.

Source:
New Idea
Author:
Stylist:
Cass Stokes
Photographer:
Stuart Scott
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