Fast and Easy Lemon Almond Poppy Seed Bread Recipe

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Fast and Easy Lemon Almond Poppy Seed Bread Recipe

Lemon Almond Poppy Seed Bread is one of my favorite sweet treats. Sitting down to have a warm slice makes me so very happy, and if you cover it with butter then I might just never come out of the kitchen. I often make a double batch and then freeze one of them, just wrap well (once cooled) in plastic wrap before you freeze it. Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do.

Makes 1 9×5 loaf
Prep Time: 10 Minutes | Bake Time: 55 minutes [Total: 1 hr 5 min]

Ingredients:

Bread
2 cups all purpose flour
3 TB poppy seeds
1 TB baking powder
1?2 tsp table salt
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
2/3 cup white sugar
1?2 cup olive or canola oil
1?2 cup vanilla yogurt
1?4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1?2 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
1?4 tsp vanilla extract
1?4 tsp almond extract

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F with rack on lower middle position. Grease one standard size loaf pan and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, poppy seeds, baking powder, and salt. Whisk until incorporated.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, oil, yogurt, milk, lemon zest and lemon juice as well as both extracts until well-incorporated.
4. Add wet ingredients to the dry, folding together with spatula until just incorporated. Do not over mix.
5. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. To prepare glaze, combine ingredients in a bowl and whisk together until combined.
7. Brush glaze generously over warm bread top. Allow the bread to finish cooling on a wire rack.