Blueberry Cream Cheese Pull Apart Bread – Delicious homemade pull apart bread is made with real dough, stuffed with cream cheese and studded with fresh blueberries. A summer favorite for berry lovers!
Hey friends! Look what I have for you today. I couldn’t wait to share this for 2 reasons.
#1 It’s been awhile since I’ve shared a pull apart bread. Oh my goodness. 6 months. That is crazy and almost impossible. I definitely have to work on that. This blog should never have to wait that long before a gorgeous new pull apart bread appears. That is just not cool.
#2. I love blueberries and they make photographs just pop because of that pretty color. And blue is my favorite color so I obviously adore working with blueberries. Just a few more weeks til I can pick fresh off the bush! Can you tell I’m getting excited? Maybe you can’t from where you are.
But just picture this. Clapping. Jumping. Smiling. That’s Melanie + fresh local berries. Now, do you have a clearer picture?
This bread is phenomenal and I’m sure you’ll love the berries along with the creamy goodness. It’s soft, flavorful and amazing to share with friends or serve to guests.
To make it you’ll want to cut the dough into squares. The best part is they don’t have to be perfect squares. ????
Now scoop about 1 tablespoon of filling onto each square.
And now it’s time to stack them up and layer in the loaf pan.
Look at those delish layers! I totally need a glass of milk just lookin’ at them!
Hop down to the comments and let me know if you try it! I love to hear from my readers….P.S. That would be you! So tell me what you loved about this recipe. Thanks so much for your faithful support.
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Blueberry Cream Cheese Pull Apart Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk whole or 2% warm (about 110 degrees)
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast *See Notes*
- 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 1/4 - 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Filling:
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 cup blueberries fresh or frozen
Instructions
- In a small bowl or measuring cup combine yeast and milk. Let sit for about 10 minutes until yeast is softened.
- You could also try instant yeast which does not need to be dissolved.
- In a large mixing bowl combine yeast/milk mixture with butter, egg, and sugar. Gradually add in 3 1/4 cups flour. Beginning kneading with a dough hook. After a few minutes if the dough looks too wet add extra flour 1 tablespoon at a time until you have a nice smooth dough. The dough should slap sides of the bowl and stick to the bottom. Add water a tablespoon at a time if dough feels too dry. Knead for a total of 6-7 minutes. Place in a greased bowl. Let rise for about 1 hour or until doubled.
- Press dough down. On a floured surface roll dough into a 20 x 12 inch rectangle.
Prepare Filling:
- In a mixing bowl cream together cream cheese and sugar for about 2 minutes. Stir in blueberries.
- Cut into 5 (4-inch strips), then cut crosswise 6 times, making 30 (4x2-inch) rectangles. Spread each with a tablespoon of cream cheese filling.
- Make 5 stacks of dough with 6 rectangles in each stack. Layer stacks in loaf pan with cream cheese sides facing each other. For end, pieces make sure cream cheese sides are facing in and not out. (Dough should be at both ends to avoid sticking.)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Let rest for 20-30 minutes before baking. Bake 30 - 35 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool for about 1 hour.
Notes
I use a thermometer to make sure dough is baking through in the center. Sometimes it can appear done with these types of dough but the very center will still be undone. The best way to check is to make sure the center of the loaf reads about 200 degrees.
If you feel the bread is browning too quickly and it's still not done, make a foil tent to cover the dough.
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Blueberry Cinnamon Bread with Vanilla Glaze
Blueberry Whoopie Pies
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This looks AMAZING and I love all the fresh blueberries!
Thanks Stephanie!
Blueberries and cream cheese are definitely a match made in heaven! But jammed into a super-soft pull apart bread?! I am officially obsessed. This bread looks beyond amazing, Melanie!
What a beauty! I love the idea of a sweet pull apart bread. YUM!
Oh wow – What a decadent loaf! I love Blueberries too! And a slice of this with a tall glass of milk would be bliss indeed!
Pull apart bread is great, but pull apart bread with berries and cream cheese? Soooo awesome 🙂
This looks AMAZING Melanie! All my favorite flavors of spring : )
This bread is beautiful (you always make the most gorgeous breads) and sounds absolutely delicious!
Thank so much Sam!
I think blueberries are my favorite food to photograph. Your pictures look gorgeous and I can’t wait to try this yummy bread!
What a beautiful loaf of bread! It looks too perfect to eat!
Thanks for stopping by Cali and for the kind words!
I don’t think I’d be able to stop once I started pulling this baby apart. Into my mouth!
Blueberries are my all time favorite. I would not be able to stop eating this bread!
This pull apart bread looks awesome! The cream cheese adds a really nice touch to this!
This looks amazing! I have actually never made one of these pull apart breads, but I think I need to change that! PInned 🙂
Oh my goodness. This looks soon tasty.
My boys demolish blueberries so I think this would be a great Sunday afternoon treat for them.
Will be pinning this 🙂
I love pull apart loaves, but you’ve taken this one to then next level! Cream cheese and blueberries? Sounds amazing!!!
This bread was so hard to make. I could NOT get the yeast and warm milk to froth….I tried this 3 times. (My father has made bread many times and he even tried and it wouldn’t work. We followed the recipe to the ‘T’.
I finally had to give in and buy frozen bread. I made the filling mixture and followed the instructions after making the bread.
My bread is now rising before I put it in the oven to bake it. I wish I could make the bread loaf the old fashioned way but oh well. I’m sure it’ll taste just fine!
I’m so sorry it didn’t work out for you Molly. I’ve done my best to update the directions and notes to help make this flawlessly. Thank you for your feedback and I hope you enjoyed your bread regardless!
the cream cheese filling here is GENIUS!!! love!!!
Saw this on Foodgawker’s home page and I had to pop over for the recipe – this looks amazing! So moist and creamy, plus blueberries because it’s summer. I can’t wait to try this. Pinned!
This is amazing!! I struggled with the stacking and layering but it turned out so delicious it didn’t matter how the bread pulled apart :p Can’t wait to keep trying more of your recipes, congratulations!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Lorraine! There is definitely a bit of challenge when it comes to making pull apart breads. But that’s the beauty of it…it doesn’t have to be perfect to taste good!
Thanks so much for taking the time to leave your feedback!
Awesome recipe and layout, but feel like I’m missing the most difficult step — the stacking/layering in the loaf pan. I can’t tell from your description how that works 🙁