Healthy Sourdough Lemon Blueberry Quick Bread (Whole Wheat)

This healthy lemon blueberry quick bread is made with fresh milled whole wheat flour, sourdough discard and real fruit, and is the perfect healthy sweet treat. Delicious flavor from fresh blueberries and real lemon, and rich flavor from whole grains make this bread hard to beat! 

If you like a healthy take on a sweet bread, you have to try my healthy banana bread made with no refined sugar! 

Ingredients in Healthy Lemon Blueberry Bread

Fresh milled flour – the benefits of milling your own flour are incredible! If you are new to FMF, using flour as soon as it has been milled maintains all of the essential vitamins and nutrients found in the wheat berry. After 24 hours of being exposed to oxygen the flour starts to lose these nutrients. After three days 90% are gone! Soft white wheat works great in this recipe, but you could also use spelt, kamut, or another variety with less gluten. If you don’t have capabilities to mill your own flour, use your favorite regular whole wheat flour or all-purpose flour. 

Sourdough discard – This recipe uses a whole cup of sourdough discard, so it’s a great way to use up all of your extra. It adds a nice tang to the bread! 

Raw honey – Raw honey is really one of the best unprocessed, unrefined sweeteners you can use in your recipes. Maple syrup works great too in a pinch. If you use maple syrup the bread will be slightly sweeter. Learn more about raw honey in this post.

Coconut oil – My favorite unrefined oil to use when baking. You could also use another neutral oil like olive oil, but the taste will be slightly different.

Eggs – I always try to use pastured eggs in my recipes for maximum nutrition

Lemon – lemon zest and lemon juice both give this bread perfect lemon flavor

Milk – I use whole, raw milk when I bake because that’s what we drink and have on hand at our house. You can use whatever milk you drink. 

Fresh blueberries – fresh juicy blueberries are my favorite in this recipe, but you could also use frozen.

Baking Soda

Baking Powder

Salt – Did you know that most “table salts” are highly processed and refined, stripping the salt of it’s nutrients? It is sometimes even bleached. I always try to use unrefined sea salt or mineral salt. My favorite is redmonds real salt 

Optional Lemon Glaze: powdered sugar & Lemon juice. If you are trying to avoid any refined sugars, skip the glaze. The bread will still be amazing without it! 

Other Supplies You Will Need

• Loaf Pan (metal or glass)
• Two mixing bowls
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Grater or zester for lemon

How To Make Healthy Lemon Blueberry Bread

This quick bread recipe requires no rise time, so it will come together so fast! Here’s how to make it in just a few simple steps: 

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and grease a 9 x 5″ loaf pan with some butter or coconut oil. You can also line the bread pan with some unbleached parchment paper. 

Step 2: In a large bowl, whisk together all of the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and lemon zest. 

Step 3: In a separate bowl, combine sourdough starter discard, honey, coconut oil, eggs, milk, and lemon juice. 

Step 4: Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir until just combined. Try not to overmix for the best bread texture. 

Step 5: Gently fold the blueberries into the batter. 

Step 6: Pour the bread batter into the greased loaf pan. Bake the bread for 55-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out mostly clean. 

Step 7: Let the bread cool for about 10 minutes in the pan, and then gently remove it onto a wire cooling rack to finish cooling all of the way. 

Step 8: While the bread cools, combine the glaze ingredients (if using). Pour the glaze evenly across the cooled bread, slice and enjoy! 

Store leftover lemon blueberry loaf in an airtight container. It will stay fresh for a few days. Alternatively, you can slice and freeze in an airtight container for a few months. 

Tips For Success

• Try not to overmix the batter. The bread can turn out dense if you mix it too much! 
• Make sure to grease the bread pan or line it with parchment paper so your loaf doesn’t stick. 
• Let the bread cool before slicing so that it doesn’t fall apart.

Craving more healthy sweet treats? Try chocolate granola, homemade peach ice cream, or fudgy avocado brownies!