5 from 105 votes
Buttermilk Rhubarb Bread with Cinnamon Streusel Topping
Buttermilk Rhubarb Bread features a moist batter enriched with buttermilk, brown sugar, and oil, filled with tart diced rhubarb and optionally walnuts. Topped with a cinnamon streusel made of sugar, butter, and cinnamon, this quick bread offers a balance of sweetness and tang. The bread bakes in a loaf or mini loaf pans to a tender crumb with a crunchy, spiced topping.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Servings:
12
slices (1 reg loaf + 1 mini loaf)
Calories:
317 kcal
Ingredients
Rhubarb Bread Batter
- ¾ - 1 ½ cups light brown sugar use less sugar for a less sweet and more tart bread, dark brown sugar may also be used. Use less for high altitude
- ½ cup vegetable oil I used avocado oil
- 2 large egg room temperature is best, may use just the whites
- 1 1/3 cups buttermilk I used, full fat, but you can use lowfat
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour add 2 tablespoons for high altitude, unbleached
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp baking soda decrease to ¾ teaspoon for high altitude
- 1 ½ cups rhubarb fresh or frozen, wash, dried and diced
- ¼ cup walnuts optional
Cinnamon Streusel Topping
- ½ cup granulated sugar may also use brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter room temperature
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325° F (165° C) and spray with non-stick oil a loaf pan and a mini loaf pan, or split into four mini loaf pans. I prefer to place a piece of parchment paper into the loaf pan for easier removal of the rhubarb bread.
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Prep streusel topping
- In a small bowl, combine crumb streusel crunch topping ingredients, ½ cup granulated sugar, 1 tsp Cinnamon and 1 tablespoon butter. Using your fingers, blend it all together until the butter is incorporated throughout. Place in freezer until ready to place on the rhubarb batter.
Prepare Batter
- In a large mixing bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer on low, mix ¾ - 1 ½ cups light brown sugar , ½ cup vegetable oil, 2 large eggs and 1 1/3 cups buttermilk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until smooth.
- Add in 2 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour, 1 tsp kosher salt and 1 tsp baking soda, just until combined, scrape the sides of bowl if needed. Fold in diced 1 ½ cups rhubarb and optional ¼ cup walnuts, chopped if desired. Pour into prepared pans, about ⅔ full.
- Pour batter into parchment lined or well sprayed 1 lb loaf pan (<= my favorite US made pans!) PLUS into one mini loaf pan, or split the entire batter into 4 mini loaf pans. Do not fill over ⅔ full.
- Sprinkle evenly with streusel topping.
- Bake at 325° F (165° C) for about 60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean; check mini loaf at about 40 minutes. If baking in mini loaf pans, check at about 35-45 minutes.
Notes
- Reduce brown sugar to as low as ¾ cup for a less sweet bread if desired.
- Substitute buttermilk by adding 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar to 1 cup milk, let sit 5-10 minutes before use.
- For high altitude baking, increase oven temperature to 350°F, add 2 tablespoons flour, reduce baking soda, and reduce sugar slightly.
- Cool completely on a wire rack before storing to maintain texture and freshness.
- Store the bread at room temperature in an airtight container for 4-6 days or freeze up to 3-4 months wrapped tightly.
- Frozen rhubarb should be washed, dried, diced, flash frozen before use to prevent excess moisture in batter.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1slice
Calories
317kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
44g
(15%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
14g
(22%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
7g
(41%)
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Trans Fat
0.1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
36mg
(12%)
Sodium
337mg
(14%)
Potassium
150mg
(3%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
23g
(46%)
Vitamin A
135IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
68mg
(7%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 slices (1 reg loaf + 1 mini loaf)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 317
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 317kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 44g | 15% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 7g | 41% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 36mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 337mg | 14% |
| Potassium | 150mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 23g | 46% |
| Vitamin A | 135IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 68mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.