Here’s another recipe I found in the Taste of the South Southern Favorites magazine from the Winter issue and I tried it recently and WOW, is it delish.
We love anything with blueberries in it and my parents grow some wonderful blueberries every summer at their mountain house and share the bounty with us. So, I’ve got some stashed in the freezer and am always looking for some good recipes to try out with this favorite berry. And you use that breadstick dough in the can for these, easy-easy. 
Nothing better than blueberries!
Here’s the recipe:
Blueberry Cream-Cheese Braided Loaf
6 oz. cream cheese, softened (I think I used the whole 8 oz pkg, that’s me 🙂
1 large egg, separated
1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar, divided
1 (11 oz) can refrigerated breadstick dough
3/4 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (I used almost a cup)
2 tsp. water
2 tbl. orange juice
Preheat oven to 375*. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
Beat cream cheese in a mixing bowl at med. speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg yolk and 1/4 cup confectioners sugar. Beat until well mixed. Set aside.
Remove breadstick dough from can. Unroll and separate dough into rectangle. Place dough horizontally on baking sheet. Press seams together to seal.
Spoon cream cheese mixture onto center third of dough.
Wash, drain, and dry blueberries. Sprinkle blueberries over cream cheese mixture.
Separate dough at perforations up to cream-cheese mixture slightly stretching dough strips. Beginning at top edge of dough, braid strips to cover filling (this makes more sense as you are doing it). Tuck last 2 ends under at bottom of loaf.
In a small bowl, beat egg white and water with fork until blended to form an egg wash. Brush egg wash over braided loaf.
Bake until golden brown, approx. 20 minutes. Cool for at least 45 min. or as long as you can stand it.
In another small bowl, combine remaining 1 cup confectioners sugar and orange juice, whisking until smooth. Drizzle glaze over braided loaf before serving. Slice with bread knife.
After braiding, it looks like this.
And then out of the oven, golden brown.
I didn’t have any orange juice on hand, so just made my glaze with confectioners sugar and milk. It was still yummy.
This would be perfect for breakfast or brunch, a special treat. Let me know if you try it, it really is a good one and it’s great with a cup of coffee. 🙂
Added to Jen’s Tasty Tuesday.
Made that many times, in my old PC days! See you in a few, Rhoda! (Yummy, btw!)
So pretty and tasty looking! I love my blueberries!
Okay you have my attention haha
I have a very similar (and frankly, slightly easier) recipe that I got from Kraft and it is SO GOOD! Know I wish I had some blueberries!
Well, I decided to do a dinner version of this. With 3 kids and a spouse who all like different things. I made it with sandwich meat and cheese, but one end was bland for the kiddos – just ham and cheese, the other end had hot peppers and tomatoes, a little light mayo and seasonings. It turned out yummy and was a one pan dish for all. Now, mine looked nowhere near as pretty as Rhoda’s – in fact – it looks like a mummy so I might have an idea for next halloween.
GREAT idea! I was thinking of making it Kolachi with the dough.
Thank you SO much for sharing this! Oh it looks delicious…. and perfect with a cup of coffee. We are expecting a big snow storm tonight and I’m heading to the grocery. Planning to get the ingredients for a breakfast treat in the morning!!!!
I made it! It was so easy and so delicious. Thank you so much! My husband and I are snacking on it and we’ll probably give some to my neice and nephew, they can use the calories more than we can! Thanks for the super easy and super delicious recipe.
I did make this like I said I was going to and OH MY GOODNESS! It was so easy and I’m having trouble keeping myself away from it! Rhoda, you have to try it with the orange juice glaze. The citrus flavor with the blueberries is so delish! Thanks for sharing! I’m going to post it on my blog and reference it back to you for pics and instructions.
I made this tonight. I think something was wrong with my bread stick dough, because I couldn’t separate one side of it. Anyway, it was really messy all over the pan and the bottom burned and the middle dough didn’t. I still ate it and it wasn’t bad. The OJ frosting on the other hand was disgusting, I should have done the milk like you did.
Thanks for the recipe. It would be worth trying again.
I made this over the weekend and it was AMAZING!! I loved it so much I even posted it on my blog and directed everyone here for the recipe!
Braiding the bread was super easy and made me look like a professional baker! We now have a new favorite in our house. BTW, I did the orange icing and it was WONDERFUL! Thanks for sharing!
You can see it on my blog here:
http://www.ericaharless.blogspot.com
I made this last Sunday and it was so easy and delicious, and pretty too! My husband said he would like it without the blueberries as well as with, so this is going to be a standby for when I need a fast treat for him (like a reward for fixing my brakes or fixing that leaky water hose!)
Thank you Rhoda, for sharing!
Lisa
Yummy Yummy! Nothing like cream cheese, butter, dough….:)