Blueberry Oatmeal Bread

It's February and it's freezing around here.  According to Punxsutawney Phil, it's gonna be cold for at least 6 more weeks.  So, I've been looking for excuses to turn on the oven.  I think Blueberry Oatmeal Bread is a pretty good excuse!

 
Recipe Link
Ingredients 
One Loaf
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus 1 Tablespoon
1 cup old fashioned or quick oats
1 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
Two Loaves
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
4 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus 2 Tablespoons
2 cups old fashioned or quick oats
2 cups (16 oz. container) sour cream or Greek yogurt
2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cream butter and sugar together
3. Add eggs one at a time
4. Add vanilla
5. In a small mixing bowl, combine baking soda, salt, flour and oats
6. Alternate dry ingredients and sour cream, mixing together all ingredients until you have a thick, creamy batter.
7. Toss one cup blueberries with 1 Tablespoon flour for one loaf or toss 2 cups blueberries with 2 Tablespoons flour for two loaves.* Gently fold blueberries into batter.
8. Pour into greased and floured bread pan(s). Smooth out top and sprinkle lightly with oats. Bake for 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool for 20 minutes in pan, remove from pan and allow to cool completely.

*Tip: Tossing blueberries in flour before adding to the batter is suppose to help the berries not sink to the bottom of the pan while baking.

Adapted from Cherished Bliss

Creaming the butter and sugar before adding the eggs and vanilla.

Dry Ingredients

Tossing the blueberries in a little flour.

Folding in the blueberries

Sprinkling some oats on top

Done!

The Results...
4 out of 5 stars.  5 out of the 6 of us liked this bread.  My 7 year old declared today that she doesn't like oatmeal or anything with oatmeal in it!  So, according to her this was terrible. 

The rest of us thought this bread tasted sort of like a blueberry muffin.  We like blueberry muffins and we like oatmeal.  So, it's not really surprising that we also like Blueberry Oatmeal Bread.  If you don't hate oatmeal (or blueberries), I think you might like it, too!