Watermelon Bread Recipe With Fresh Watermelon (2024)

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This watermelon bread is amazing! Easy to make and delicious, made with real watermelon!

I love making breads with real fruit in them – check out my recipes for strawberry bread, apple bread, blackberry bread and lemon bread :) So this watermelon bread was the next logical thing to add to my fruit bread collection!

Look at this mouthwatering loaf! Awesome texture, amazing taste and it uses real fresh watermelon! And the addition of raisins is a fun imitation of watermelon seeds ;)

Watermelon bread uses very simple ingredients – flour, sugar, butter, eggs, baking powder, salt, raisins and, of course, real fresh watermelon! Just puree fresh watermelon chunks in a food processor or blender, mix with other ingredients and pour into a loaf pan, then bake. That’s it! Homemade watermelon bread is ready!

To get the picture-perfect red color, I used the red food coloring. This is totally optional of course, but if you want your bread to look red, add it. It only affects the color, not the taste.

Tip: the recipe uses 1 cup of fresh watermelon puree. If you have more watermelon that you want to use up and you’d like your bread to have more pronounced watermelon flavor, use more watermelon puree and boil it in a pot until it reduces to 1 cup.

This watermelon bread freezes very well. Just slice it and wrap each slice in plastic wrap or put each slice in ziploc bag, then freeze. To enjoy a slice of watermelon bread for breakfast, place the frozen slice on the counter overnight and it will be perfectly thawed by the morning. Or you can simply quick-thaw it in a microwave! Enjoy!

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Blackberry Bread – OMG, look at this epic purple color! That’s blackberries in their finest! This bread is loaded with fresh blackberries and tastes amazing!

Watermelon Bread Made With Fresh Watermelon

This sweet watermelon bread is amazing! It's made with real fresh watermelon! This is a perfect way to use up leftover watermelon - just turn it into delicious freshly baked watermelon bread!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr

Total Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bread, watermelon

Cooking Method: Oven

Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup watermelon chunks
1 stick 1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup raisins optional
1 tsp red food coloring optional

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9x5 Inch Non-Stick Loaf Pan

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray a non-stick 9x5 inch loaf pan with a non-stick cooking spray.
Put the watermelon chunks into a food processor or blender and process until smooth. It should yield about 1 cup of pureed watermelon. If you have more, only use 1 cup, if you have less, add enough water to equal 1 cup.
Put butter and sugar into a large bowl and mix until combined. Add the eggs and mix until combined. Add the watermelon puree and mix until combined. If using the food coloring, add it and mix until combined.
Add the flour, salt and baking powder and mix until combined.
Add the raisins (if using) and mix until combined.
Pour the batter into a loaf pan. Put in the oven and bake the watermelon bread for 1 hour.

Notes

If you have more watermelon that you want to use up, you can make more than 1 cup of watermelon puree and then boil it in a pot until it's reduced to 1 cup. This will result in a more pronounced watermelon flavor :)

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