Blueberry Bread

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From: The Darby Field Inn, Conway, NH

Note: To avoid spillage in the oven, pour batter into 3 loaf pans.
My husband, who is fussy, loved this bread, as did our neighbors who got to share it with us.

Ingredients

• 5 Cups sifted white flour
• 2 Tablespoons baking powder
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 1-1/2 Cups sugar
• 3/4 Cup of butter (6 ounces)
• 4 Eggs
• 2 Cups milk
• 2 Teaspoons vanilla
• 3 Cups blueberries
• 1-1/2 Cups chopped walnuts (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Sift flour, baking power, salt and sugar together.
Cut butter into flour mixture as you would do when making pie dough.

In a separate bowl, thoroughly blend eggs, milk and vanilla.
Add blueberries and nuts (if desired). (If using frozen blueberries, it’s better not to defrost them before adding to liquid ingredients.)

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and blend together thoroughly but quickly.

Grease bread loaf pans: Five 6-1/2x3” pans or two 9x5” loaf pans.

Pour batter into pans and put immediately into a preheated 350 degree F oven.
Bake for 60-80 minutes.

It’s recommended that you put a drip pan on the rack below the loaf pans to catch any drippings.