Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Recipe

This lemon poppy seed bread is sure to please your whole family. Serve it for breakfast or dessert!

• Meal Type: Bread
• Ethnicity: American
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: 45 minutes to 1 hour

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• ICING:
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3/4 cup confectioners sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans. Combine sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla and lemon extracts in a large bowl, mix well. Stir in poppy seeds.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture and milk to sugar mixture alternately, mixing well after each addition. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.
3. Bake loaves for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen edges from sides of pans. Cool loaves in pans for 10 minutes. Turn out onto wire racks.
4. For icing, blend lemon juice and confectioners sugar in a small bowl. Drizzle over warm loaves.