Healthy Lemon Bread W Raspberry Cream Cheese Swirl

Published 5/3/2021 • Updated 8/30/2022 I have truly become the biggest lemon fan over the years. Lemon Bars. Lemon Salmon. Lemon Energy Balls. Lemon Pancakes. If it has lemon, I’ll eat it! This lemon bread recipe is so perfectly flavored, moist, and has a delicious raspberry cream cheese swirl. Bonus, it’s made with healthy swaps!

Why Make Lemon Bread?

Like most of our healthy muffin and bread recipes on Fit Foodie Finds, we make healthy swaps without sacrificing things like texture and flavor! This bread is…

ultra moistlightened-upeasy to freezeamazing with a hot cup of coffee 😀

How this Lemon Bread is Healthier

Because we know most of you will try and make these swaps anyways, we did it for you! Here’s the low down on how this bread is healthier than most other lemon bread recipes.

6 Healthy Muffin Recipes – 1 Base Batter

Are you a muffin queen just like us? Here’s our favorite base recipe for healthy muffins + 6 different healthy muffin recipes you can make with it! Get all 6 healthy muffin recipes HERE! Flour: This is a 50/50 recipe made with both all-purpose flour and white whole wheat flour. In order to make sure it was fluffy as can be and not so dense, we kept some all-purpose in there. Feel free to try and use all white whole wheat! Oil: Because we used an entire cup of applesauce, we were able to bring the oil content down to just 2 tablespoons. We also opted to use coconut oil, which is our favorite for baking. You can try and use another fruit puree such as pear sauce or even pumpkin! Sugar: When it comes to muffins and loaves, there truly isn’t anything better than brown sugar, which is what we used. However, we are confident that coconut sugar will work just the same.

What You Need

The ingredient list for this lemon bread is a bit longer than most of our other loaf recipes, but it’s totally worth it. The fact that it’s naturally sweetened is clutch and combination of flavors are amazing.

ApplesauceEggsHoneyLemon JuiceCoconut OilAll-Purpose FlourWhite Whole Wheat FlourBrown SugarBaking SodaSaltLemon Zest

Incredible Swirl

How could we not add a swirl to this bread? The main goal was to add something that complimented the lemon flavor and let me tell you, this cream cheese swirl is gold. Cream cheese + raspberry jam is all you need! Don’t have raspberry jam? Use any flavor you have in your refrigerator such as blueberry, apricot, or strawberry!

Storage

Let your lemon bread cool completely. Then, store it in a cool, dark place for up to 3-5 days.

Can you freeze lemon bread?

This loaf is extremely easy to freeze. We do recommend, however, that if you are going to freeze it to refrain from adding the swirl. Sometimes dairy doesn’t do the best in the freezer! How to freeze lemon bread: remove bread from the pan and let it cool completely. Once cooled, tightly wrap it with a piece of tin foil, removing as much air as possible. Freeze for up to 3 months.