Simple Blueberry Bread

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 1 cups sugar divided
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 2 large eggs 
• 0.5 cup milk 
• 1.5 cups blueberries 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• blender
• loaf pan
• toothpicks
• spatula

Directions

1. Preheat over to 35
2. Grease and flour 9 x 5" loaf pan.
3. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter and 1 cup sugar just until blended. Increase speed to medium; beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
5. Reduce speed to low; add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition until well blended, occasionally scrapping bowl with rubber spatula.
6. Alternately, add flour mixture and milk, mixing until just blended.
7. Gently stir in blueberries.
8. Spoon the batter into loaf pan.
9. Bake 1 hr and 5 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center, comes out clean.
10. Cool loaf in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
11. Remove from pan. Cool the bread on wire rack.