Here’s a bakery-style Blueberry Cream Cheese Sourdough Bread recipe—tangy sourdough, sweet bursts of blueberry, and creamy pockets of cheesecake-like filling.
🍞🫐 Blueberry Cream Cheese Sourdough Bread
🧾 Ingredients
For the sourdough dough
- 100 g active sourdough starter
- 350 g bread flour
- 250–280 ml water (adjust as needed)
- 10 g salt
Add-ins
- 150 g blueberries (fresh or frozen, do not thaw if frozen)
- 1 tbsp flour (to coat blueberries)
Cream cheese filling
- 150 g cream cheese (softened)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Mix dough
- In a bowl, combine starter, flour, and water.
- Mix until no dry flour remains.
- Rest 30–45 minutes (autolyse).
2. Add salt
- Add salt and knead briefly or stretch-and-fold until smooth.
3. Bulk fermentation
- Let dough rise 4–6 hours at room temperature.
- Perform stretch-and-folds every 30–45 minutes for the first 2 hours.
4. Prepare add-ins
- Mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla; chill.
- Toss blueberries lightly in flour (prevents sinking and bleeding).
5. Shape with fillings
- Flatten dough gently.
- Spread cream cheese mixture in the center.
- Add blueberries on top.
- Fold dough over and shape into a round loaf.
(Don’t overmix or blueberries will burst too much.)
6. Final proof
- Place in a floured banneton or bowl.
- Refrigerate overnight (8–12 hours) for best flavor.
7. Bake
- Preheat oven to 230°C (450°F) with Dutch oven inside.
- Place dough in hot pot, score the top.
- Bake covered for 20 minutes.
- Uncover and bake another 20–25 minutes until golden brown.
🍽️ Serving
- Best served slightly warm
- Great with butter, honey, or extra cream cheese
- Also works as dessert bread or brunch loaf
🔥 Tips for best results
- Frozen blueberries help reduce juice bleeding
- Don’t overstuff or bread may tear
- Cold fermentation improves sourdough flavor
- Let bread cool fully before slicing for clean cuts
If you want, I can also give you:
- A no-sourdough yeast version (faster, same flavor profile)
- A swirl-style blueberry cream cheese loaf (softer and sweeter)
- Or a mini muffin version for air fryer or quick baking
