Glazed Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
Glazed lemon poppy seed bread from fresh lemon juice with a sweet glaze; the most lemony, poppyseedy bread perfect for breakfast or a dessert.
Servings: 2 loaves
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup and 1 TBS vegetable oil
- 1 cup milk
- 2 TBS poppy seeds
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 TBS lemon juice
For the Orange Glaze:
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 TBS melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine all bread ingredients in a medium sized bowl and mix completely together.
- Grease large bread pans
- Pour mixture evenly into prepared pans (makes 2 large loaves)
- Place in oven and bake for about 1 hour or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
- After removing bread from oven place on a cooling rack.
- Combine all glaze ingredients in a small pot, bring to a boil to medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
- Remove bread from bread pan and pour glaze over the top of the bread. (Put foil or a pan under your cooling rack otherwise the extra glaze will get all over your counter)