Blackberry-Almond Bread

Blackberries pick out dorsum memories from my childhood.  We had a pretty large wild blackberry land non far from our house.  My blood brother too I ... dressed inward long pants too long-sleeved shirts for the sake of our skin, of course! ... used to accept our sand pails too larn alternative every bit many every bit nosotros could find.  Then we'd bundle them upwardly inward empty Cool Whip containers or butter tubs too larn door-to-door offering them upwardly for sale to our neighbors.  Might that count every bit my showtime job??  We sure didn't brand much, but that didn't look to bother us.

While I was developing this recipe, I brought 1 of my exam loaves to my parents' house.  (I oft brand them taste-test my wares ... they don't look to mind.  No arm twisting involved there.)  When my Dad took a gustation of this blackberry breadstuff he said, "Oh, wow, that's good!"  That's the reaction I honey to hear!  I had forgotten how much my Dad loves blackberries.  He too Mom were likely my brother's too my biggest customers.

So, I baked a loaf of blackberry-almond breadstuff for my Dad for quaternary of July weekend.  Shhhh ... he doesn't know yet.

Start amongst precisely about beautiful fresh blackberries.  Now, if you're fortunate plenty to get got access to a wild blackberry land to alternative your ain too they're the smaller-sized ones, precisely larn out them every bit they are.  But if they're the big-as-your-thumb ones y'all purchase at the shop or at precisely about farmers' stands, I advise cutting them inward half, similar this:

Cutting beautiful, juicy, big-as-your-thumb blackberries!

Mix upwardly y'all batter too hence gently flexure inward the berries.  Do endure gentle.  Stirring every bit good much at this betoken isn't practiced for the batter, too y'all run the adventure of having regal bread!

Gently folding inward the berries

Bake it up, land it up, too bask this tasty summertime treat.  My Dad's going to endure hence happy!

One give-and-take - yum.

Blackberry-Almond Bread

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(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter

3/4 c. sugar

iii eggs

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/2 tsp. almond extract

1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour + 1/4 c. almond repast (OR precisely usage 2 c. all-purpose flour)

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 c. buttermilk

1 1/2 c. fresh blackberries, cutting inward 1/2 lengthwise if big

Directions

1.  Beat the butter amongst an electrical mixer until fluffy, nearly 1 minute.  Add the carbohydrate too proceed to vanquish until low-cal too fluffy, nearly iii to four minutes.  Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well later each addition.  Beat inward the vanilla extract too almond extract.

2.  In a carve upwardly bowl, combine the flour, almond meal, baking powder, baking soda, too salt.  

3.  With the mixer on depression speed, add together the flour mixture too buttermilk, alternately, starting too ending amongst the flour.  (I produce iii additions of flour too ii additions of buttermilk.)  Mix entirely until combined; produce non over mix.  Gently flexure inward the blackberries. 

4.  Scrape the batter into a regular-sized (typically 9x5x3") loaf pan that has been sprayed amongst non-stick cooking spray.  Bake at 350 degrees for nearly 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted inward the pump comes out clean.  Cool on a wire rack too hence withdraw breadstuff loaf from the pan.  Makes 1 loaf.

Notes:

- I purchase almond repast at Trader Joe's.  It is only dry reason upwardly almonds.  To brand your own, house raw unsalted almonds inward a nutrient processor too procedure until fine.

- If y'all prefer non to include the almond meal, this breadstuff is all the same delicious!  Just usage 2 cups of all-purpose flour instead of the 1 3/4 cups flour + 1/4 loving cup almond meal.

- This breadstuff freezes well.

Enjoy!