In this comprehensive guide to making the perfect poppy seed loaf, we'll take you on a culinary journey that explores the origins of this delectable treat, introduces you to the key ingredients that make it so irresistible, and provides step-by-step instructions for creating a loaf that is moist, flavorful, and sure to impress. Along the way, we'll delve into the secrets of achieving the ideal texture and taste, offering tips and tricks to ensure a flawless baking experience. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting out, this article will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to create a poppy seed loaf that will delight your taste buds and leave you craving for more.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
LEMON POPPY SEED LOAF
This has a nice fresh lemon flavor. Makes nice muffins, also.
Provided by IRENED
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Lemon Dessert Recipes
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Heavily grease and flour two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Mix lemon juice and yogurt together and add alternately with the sifted flour mixture to the butter mixture. Mix until just blended. Stir in lemon rind and poppy seeds. Pour mixture into prepared pans and smooth tops.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes or until browned and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on rack for 15 minutes before turning out of pans.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 202.5 calories, Carbohydrate 30.4 g, Cholesterol 39 mg, Fat 7.9 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 3.4 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 207.3 mg, Sugar 17.8 g
POPPY SEED LOAF
This is a white yeast bread with a sweet poppy seed filling.
Provided by Ruth Uitto
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes White Bread Recipes
Time 3h
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a saucepan, heat together milk, sugar, shortening, and salt until warm.
- Combine 2 cups of the flour and the yeast in a large mixing bowl. Stir in warm milk mixture. Add 3 eggs; beat with an electric mixer at low speed for 1/2 min, scraping sides of bowl constantly. Beat for 3 minutes at high speed. Stir in as much of remaining flour as you can. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead in remaining flour to make a stiff dough, and continue kneading for 6 to 8 minutes. Place dough in a lightly greased bowl, and turn once to grease surface. Cover, and let rise in a warm place until doubled.
- Meanwhile, pour boiling water over poppy seeds; let stand 30 minutes. Drain thoroughly, and place in a blender. Grind. In a small bowl, blend together ground poppy seeds, chopped nuts, honey, and lemon zest. Beat 1 egg white until stiff, and fold into poppy seed mixture.
- Punch down dough, and divide in half. Cover, and let rest for 10 minutes. On a lightly floured surface, roll half of the dough into 24 x 8 inch rectangle. Spread with half the poppy seed mixture. Roll up jelly roll style, starting with the narrow edge. Seal the edge. Place seam side down, in a greased 8 x 4 inch loaf pan. Repeat with the other half of the dough. Cover. Let rise for 30 to 45 minutes, or until doubled.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 211.8 calories, Carbohydrate 30.9 g, Cholesterol 24.5 mg, Fat 7.5 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 116.2 mg, Sugar 8.1 g
GRAPEFRUIT-POPPY SEED LOAF CAKE WITH YOGURT GLAZE
A perfect anytime loaf cake with unexpected grapefruit flavor, made with oil so it keeps a long time and stays moist.
Provided by Claire Saffitz
Categories Bon Appétit Cake Grapefruit Winter Poppy Dessert Bake Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes one 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan, preferably metal, with parchment paper, leaving overhang on the long sides, and lightly coat with nonstick spray. Whisk flour, baking powder, and 3/4 tsp. salt in a medium bowl.
- Using your fingers, work grapefruit zest into granulated sugar in a large bowl until sugar starts to clump and mixture is very fragrant, about 1 minute. Add eggs, oil, and vanilla and beat with an electric mixer on high speed until light and thick, about 4 minutes. Reduce speed to low and mix in half of dry ingredients, then mix in 3/4 cup yogurt. Mix in remaining dry ingredients followed by 5 Tbsp. grapefruit juice and 1 Tbsp. poppy seeds. Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth top.
- Bake cake until top is golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack. Poke holes in top of cake and brush remaining 3 Tbsp. grapefruit juice over top. Let sit 15 minutes, then run a knife around sides to loosen and use parchment paper to lift cake out of pan and onto rack. Remove parchment and let cool completely.
- Whisk powdered sugar, remaining 1 Tbsp. yogurt, 1 tsp. water, and a pinch of salt in a medium bowl until smooth and drizzle over cake. Sprinkle with poppy seeds and let sit until glaze is set, about 30 minutes.
- Do Ahead
- Loaf can be baked and glazed 3 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
LEMON POPPY SEED LOAF WITH LEMON SYRUP
Make and share this Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf With Lemon Syrup recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Katzen
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 1 Loaf, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In large bowl, beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy; beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- In separate bowl, whisk together flour, poppy seeds, lemon rind, baking powder and salt; stir into butter mixture alternately with milk, making 3 additions of flour mixture and 2 of milk. Spread in greased 8- x 4-inch (1.5 L) loaf pan.
- Bake in centre of 325 F oven for 1 hour or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Place pan on rack.
- Lemon Syrup: In saucepan or microwaveable measure, warm sugar and lemon rind and juice until sugar dissolves. With skewer, pierce hot loaf right to bottom in 12 places; pour lemon syrup over loaf.
- Let loaf cool in pan for 30 minutes; turn out onto rack and let cool completely. Wrap and let stand for 12 hours before slicing. Makes 1 loaf, 12 slices.
- Make-Ahead Tip: Store at room temperature for up to 2 days or overwrap with heavy-duty foil and freeze for up to 1 month.
ONION-POPPY SEED BISCUIT LOAF
I found this recipe in a magazine while waiting in a doctor's office. It looked so good, I made it that evening with dinner. This is tasty & quick, and I would imagine you could experiment with any number of seasonings to go with a variety of menus. These can also be baked separately on a cookie sheet instead of the loaf pan.
Provided by Mary Scheffert
Categories Quick Breads
Time 25m
Yield 1 loaf, 20 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees; lightly grease a 9x5 loaf pan, or use a non-stick loaf pan& set aside.
- Melt butter or margarine in a medium-sized bowl; stir in the minced dried onion& poppy seeds.
- Open the cans of biscuits& separate them.
- Dip each biscuit quickly into the butter mixture, turning to coat both sides.
- Line up the biscuits in the loaf pan, standing them on edge, forming two long rows; drizzle any remaining butter mixture on top of completed loaf.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
- (You may find you need to lower your oven temperature to 325 degrees in order for the middles of the center biscuits to get done; or you can bake these individually on a cookie sheet after dipping them in the butter mixture.).
ONION-POPPY SEED LOAF
This recipe comes from Betty Crocker's Bread Machine Cookbook. I've made it a few times and absolutely love it made into a sandwich with Black Forest ham. The measurements I am giving are for a 1-1/2 lb. loaf.
Provided by Irmgard
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 2h5m
Yield 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Measure ingredients carefully, placing all ingredients in the bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
- Select Basic/White cycle.
- Use Medium or Light crust colour.
- Remove baked bread from pan and cool on wire rack.
CRANBERRY POPPY SEED LOAF
A nice recipe from Heart Healthy Cooking. This recipe has 208 calories. 23% from fat total fat-5g. saturated fat-1g protein-4g carbs-35g cholesterol-1mg sodium-187mg fiber- 2g
Provided by Pat Duran
Categories Sweet Breads
Time 1h25m
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- 1. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, poppy seed, and baking powder; set aside. In a small bowl, combine milk, margarine, egg, vanilla and lemon peel. Stir milk mixture into flour mixture just until moistened. Stir in cranberries. Spread batter into greased 8x4-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350^ for 60 to 70 minutes or until tested done. Cool in pan on wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl and mix until smooth.
HUCKLEBERRY CAFE'S BANANA POPPY SEED LOAF
Steps:
- 1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease and line the bottoms of 2 (8 1/2 - by 4 1/2 - by 2 1/2 -inch) loaf pans with parchment paper. 2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and poppy seeds. Set aside. 3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, or in a large bowl using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, three-fourths cup sugar and salt until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. 4. In a medium bowl, mash the very ripe bananas. With the mixer running, add the mashed bananas and vanilla to the butter mixture until incorporated. With the mixer on the lowest speed, add the dry ingredients just until incorporated. Gently fold in the yogurt and dates. Divide the batter evenly between the 2 pans. 5. Slice the remaining 1 1/2 bananas crosswise into one-eighth inch slices. Top the batter in each pan with the banana slices, arranged in rows. Sprinkle the remaining teaspoon of sugar evenly over the sliced bananas, then place in the center of the oven (leave a few inches between the loaf pans). 6. Bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, about 1 hour, rotating halfway through for even baking. Check the pans after 20 to 30 minutes and periodically after that to see that they do not darken too quickly; if they do, lightly cover the tops with aluminum foil and continue to bake. 7. Cool the pans and unmold the loaves. Sift the powdered sugar evenly over the 2 loaves. Cut the loaves into 1-inch slices and serve.
PEAR AND POPPY SEED LOAF
Hands down, this slightly sweet loaf is my husband and children's favorite. Instead of butter, I top slices with plain yogurt. -Sherry Flaquel, Cutler Bay, Florida
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 1h20m
Yield 1 loaf (12 slices).
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. In a small bowl, combine the egg, buttermilk, honey, butter and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in pears. , Transfer to a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 201 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 23mg cholesterol, Sodium 246mg sodium, Carbohydrate 38g carbohydrate (20g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
Tips:
- Use fresh poppy seeds for the best flavor.
- Grind the poppy seeds finely before using them.
- Soak the poppy seeds in milk or water for at least 30 minutes before using them.
- Use a bundt pan or loaf pan to bake the poppy seed loaf.
- Bake the poppy seed loaf at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the poppy seed loaf cool completely before slicing and serving.
Conclusion:
Poppy seed loaf is a delicious and easy-to-make bread that is perfect for breakfast, lunch, or a snack. It is a great way to use up leftover poppy seeds, and it is also a good source of fiber. The poppy seeds add a nutty flavor and a crunchy texture to the bread, and the glaze gives it a sweet and shiny finish. Poppy seed loaf can be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days, or it can be frozen for up to 2 months.
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