Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Recipe

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Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Recipe

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Makes 1 9x5 loaf

Prep Time: 10 Minutes |  Bake Time: 55 minutes [Total: 1 hr 5 min]

Ingredients needed to make Lemon Poppy Seed Bread

Bread Ingredients

• All-purpose flour
• Poppy seeds
• Baking powder
• Table salt
• Eggs
• White sugar
• Olive or canola oil
• Vanilla yogurt
• Milk
• Vanilla extract
• Almond extract
• Fresh lemon

Glaze

• White sugar
• Lemon juice
• Vanilla extract
• Almond extract

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Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Recipe

How to make Lemon Poppy Seed Bread that is easy and tastes amazing. 

4.50 from 2 votes

Print Rate

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 55 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 266kcal

Author: Tammilee Tips

Ingredients

Bread

• 2 cups All Purpose Flour
• 3 TB poppy seeds
• 1 TB Baking Powder
• ½ Teaspoon salt
• 3 large Eggs lightly beaten
• ⅔ cup White Sugar
• ½ cup Olive Oil or canola oil
• ½ cup vanilla yogurt
• ¼ cup Milk
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 ½ Teaspoon Almond Extract
• Zest from one lemon
• juice from one fresh lemon

Glaze

• ⅓ cup White Sugar
• 2 TB freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ¼ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• ¼ Teaspoon Almond Extract

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F with rack on lower middle position. Grease one standard size loaf pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, poppy seeds, baking powder, and salt. Whisk until incorporated.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, oil, yogurt, milk and both extracts until well-incorporated.
• Add wet ingredients to the dry, folding together with spatula until just incorporated. Do not over mix.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• To prepare glaze, combine ingredients in a bowl and whisk together until combined.
• Brush glaze generously over warm bread top. Allow the bread to finish cooling on a wire rack.

Bread Pan

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 266 Calories from Fat 99

% Daily Value*

Fat 11g17%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Cholesterol 53mg18%

Sodium 128mg6%

Potassium 188mg5%

Carbohydrates 35g12%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 18g20%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 90IU2%

Vitamin C 1.1mg1%

Calcium 110mg11%

Iron 1.6mg9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Originally published March 15, 2015. Updated January 2021