vegan blueberry chia quick bread

I’m hoping to inspire you to take a basic recipe and play with it. This Blueberry Chia Quick Bread is easy and you can make flavorful substitutions.

This bread is made for toasting, unless you slice a warm, just-baked piece and slather it with jam. It’s not a sweet, zucchini-style bread but more like an Irish Soda bread and… it’s vegan! You can easily prepare a gluten-free version by substituting a gluten-free baking mix from Pamela’s or Bob’s Red Mill. I use raw, unrefined, organic coconut oil but you can substitute it with a neutral flavored oil.

blueberry chia quick bread, vegan

 

Print

Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

35 mins

Total time

55 mins

 

This is not a sweet, zucchini-style bread. You can play with fruit in this recipe. I used blueberries because they are in season but try with strawberries, raspberries, cherries or peaches. Really tasty when from the oven but even better toasted, on day two.

: phoebe's pure food

: bread, side, vegan

Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• 3 cups spelt or whole wheat white flour (GF version I used Nuts.com)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons chia seeds
• 1 cup organic blueberries, fresh to frozen
• 2 teaspoons fresh orange zest
• ¼ cup organic, raw agave
• ¼ cup organic applesauce
• 1 cup non-dairy milk, unsweetened almond milk
• ⅓ cup orange juice
• ¼ cup raw, organic coconut oil, melted (substitute a neutral flavored, organic, non-gmo oil)

Instructions

1. Generously grease a standard loaf pan with coconut oil.
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and chia seeds in a large mixing bowl.
3. Combine the zest, agave, applesauce, milk and orange juice. Slowly incorporate the coconut oil, whisking.
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and stir until just combined, adding the berries half way through.
5. Spoon into the loaf pan and allow to rest as the oven heats to 350ºF.
6. Bake for 35-45 minutes, until golden.
7. Allow the bread to cool for 10 minutes in the pan.
8. 
   TIP: To prevent the oil from clumping when combined with the liquid ingredients be sure all ingredients are at room temperature.

3.2.2925