Lemon Poppy Seed Bread: A Delicious and Easy Recipe for the Breadmaker

 Lemon poppy seed bread is a delicious and easy-to-make treat that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It is perfect for breakfast, snack time, or dessert. This recipe can be made in a breadmaker, which makes it even easier to prepare.

This recipe accomplishes two things: it uses up extra lemons from the garden and extra eggs from the ducks.

Ingredients:

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

3 tablespoons poppy seeds

2 teaspoons lemon juice

2 teaspoons lemon zest

1 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

Instructions:

Breadmaker Instructions:

Put all the ingredients in your breadmaker's bowl and place in the breadmaker. Program your machine for the Quickbreads setting.

Oven Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, poppy seeds, lemon juice, and lemon zest.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the oil, eggs, and sugar until well combined.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not overmix.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Tips

For a sweeter bread, increase the amount of sugar to 1 1/2 cups.

For a more moist bread, add 1/2 cup of sour cream or yogurt to the batter.

To make a lemon poppy seed cake, bake the batter in a 9x13 inch pan for 35-40 minutes.

To make a lemon poppy seed muffin, bake the batter in 12 muffin tins for 15-20 minutes.

Variations

Add 1/2 cup of chocolate chips to the batter for a chocolate lemon poppy seed bread.

Add 1/2 cup of dried cranberries to the batter for a cranberry lemon poppy seed bread.

Add 1/2 cup of chopped nuts to the batter for a nutty lemon poppy seed bread.

Serving Suggestions

Lemon poppy seed bread can be sliced and served with butter or cream cheese.

It can also be used to make sandwiches or French toast.

Lemon poppy seed bread can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Overnight Ferment (Fake) Sourdough Dill Bread

         The best thing about this bread is that it has all the benefits of being sourdough bread without the necessity and mess of maintaining a starter, something that I did for years. What are the benefits of sourdough? Better gluten for a better structure, better taste. To make this bread, you mix some of the ingredients together the day before you make the bread, let it sit out overnight on the counter, and then add the rest of the ingredients for the loaf. This is called making a poolish. Dill bread is exceptionally tasty and makes for a mean grilled cheese sandwich.

For day one:

One cup of water

One teaspoon yeast

One cup of flour

For day two:

Take the day one ingredients and add:

2 1/2 cups of flour

Three tablespoons water

2 teaspoons of dill

1 teaspoon of sugar

1 teaspoon of salt

2 or 3 tablespoons of oil, I use lard

Put into the breadmaker on 1.5 pound setting.

Bread Machine Cinnamon Raisin Bread

• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3 cups 🍞 flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast
• 3/4 cup raisins or craisins

     Put all the wet ingredients into the breadmaker. When adding the cinnamon, consider halving the amount and adding allspice and cardamom to make up the difference. Put the breadmaker settings to 1.5 pound loaf, light crust, sweet cycle. Add the raisins or craisins when the machine prompts you.

      Really good with peanut butter and jelly. Or peanut butter and honey.