Is it Spring yet? This Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Recipe makes me think of Spring, warm weather, daffodils and relaxing outside.
The perfect recipe to enjoy while opening the windows and letting the warm breeze come in. Ok maybe it isn’t super warm yet but there is no snow on the ground so that has to count for something.
You might also like these delicious Easy Hawaiian Sweet Rolls that are perfect for any time of the day! Or maybe easy banana bread?
Any of these bread recipes make the house smell amazing!!! That is one of my favorite parts of baking bread is how good the house smells.
Yesterday I shared that I have been on a spring cleaning binge. Now that it is April all I want to do is keep going through everything in the house and getting organized. This month is all about easy recipes that taste amazing but don’t take a ton of time!
Do you have a favorite spring recipe?
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Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Recipe
Makes 1 9×5 loaf
Prep Time: 10 Minutes | Bake Time: 55 minutes [Total: 1 hr 5 min]
Ingredients needed to make Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
Bread
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 TB poppy seeds
- 1 TB baking powder
- ½ tsp table salt
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- ½ cup olive or canola oil
- ½ cup vanilla yogurt
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tsp almond extract
- zest from one fresh lemon
- juice from one fresh lemon
Glaze
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 2 TB freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp almond extract
How to make Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
- 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 a with spatula until just incorporated. Do not over mix.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake 55 minutes or ua ntil 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.
How to make Lemon Poppy Seed Bread that is easy and tastes amazing.
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 3 TB poppy seeds
- 1 TB baking powder
- ½ tsp table salt
- 3 large eggs lightly beaten
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- ½ cup olive or canola oil
- ½ cup vanilla yogurt
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tsp almond extract
- zest from one fresh lemon
- juice from one fresh lemon
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 2 TB freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp almond extract
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F with rack on lower middle position. Grease one standard size loaf pan and set aside.
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In a large bowl, combine flour, poppy seeds, baking powder, and salt. Whisk until incorporated.
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In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, oil, yogurt, milk and both extracts until well-incorporated.
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Add wet ingredients to the dry, folding together with spatula until just incorporated. Do not over mix.
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Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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To prepare glaze, combine ingredients in a bowl and whisk together until combined.
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Brush glaze generously over warm bread top. Allow the bread to finish cooling on a wire rack.
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Originally published March 15, 2015
I’m looking forward to trying this. It will be perfect for Easter!
This looks delicious! I’m not a fan of icing, but the lemon in it might change my mind. 😉
That sounds absolutely amazing. Quick breads are my downfall!
I bet my Mom would love this recipe! She used to go to a bakery and get this lemon poppyseed cake all the time.