“I miss lemon poppy seed muffins and bread,” Brittany told me. “I haven’t been able to have them since I found out I had Celiac disease.” Conversations like this are no big surprise in my family. I can be discussing a serious topic when one of the kids, including my son-in-law, Justin, will gaze blankly into space and say, “You know what I’d like to have?” Before I can ask they proceed to tell me what sort of food they haven’t had recently. I’m not sure if it’s a compliment to my cooking or if they just phase me out when I start talking, but I’ll pretend it’s a compliment. I set out to find the perfect easy lemon poppy seed bread recipe. After searching through a few of my old church and community cookbooks, I found the perfect recipe.
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The Best Lemon Poppy Seed Bread Recipe
This recipe is great because it’s semi-homemade and has only five ingredients, plus water. It’s a snap to mix up when you’re in a hurry, with a prep time of around five minutes. This recipe is simple enough for the beginning cook to make, but it tastes good enough people will think you fussed. And there’s minimal cleanup time too, although I always hint that someone else should clean up the kitchen. It rarely works, but I plan to keep trying.
Make sure dough is smooth with no lumps remaining.
Want to know what you need to make it?
A box of lemon cake mix
A box of instant lemon pudding mix
eggs
oil
water
poppy seeds.
How to Make Lemon Poppy Seed Bread:
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2: In a medium bowl, add the lemon cake mix and instant lemon pudding mix. Stir gently to mix.
Step 3: Add the oil, water, and eggs. Using a hand mixer, stir ingredients until blended.
Step 4: Stir in poppy seeds.
Step 5: Pour into four greased (just spray them with cooking spray) mini loaf pans and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Start checking the loaves after 30 minutes as some ovens tend to cook faster than others.
Printable Recipe
- 1 box (16.5 ounces) lemon cake mix
- 1 box (3.2 ounces) of instant lemon pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 cup water
- 1 to 2 tablespoons poppy seeds.
- HOW TO MAKE LEMON POPPY SEED BREAD:
- Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Step 2: In a medium bowl, add the lemon cake mix and instant lemon pudding mix. Stir gently to mix.
- Step 3: Add the oil, water, and eggs. Using a hand mixer, stir ingredients until blended.
- Step 4: Stir in poppy seeds.
- Step 5: Pour into four greased (just spray them with cooking spray) mini loaf pans and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Start checking the loaves after 30 minutes as some ovens tend to cook faster than others.
Cooking Tips:
*Need a gluten-free version? Use a gluten-free lemon cake mix. I made mine gluten-free and no one knew until I told them!
*This recipe can be adapted to make two loaves of lemon poppy seed bread instead of four mini loaves. Just use two 9″5 by 5″ loaf pans instead of the mini loaf pans.
*You can also make lemon poppy seed muffins by adding the batter to a 12 cup muffin pan.
Have you tried Lemon Poppy Seed Bread? What’s your favorite homemade quick bread?
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Lemon Poppyseed are two of my very favorite flavors together! I am going to have to try this soon! It looks so good!
This looks delicious. We are currently loving lemon flavored everything and this surely needs to make it to my baking list soon! YUM.
oh, my goodness! That looks really really yummy. I would love to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Lemon cake mix as a starter. AWESOME shortcut. I love lemon poppy seed bread but baking from scratch can be quite the process. Your recipe is so simple I just have to try it.
That looks divine> I bet the lemon give the bread a really good scent and flavor.
I love lemon bread my mom has same recipe as yours. She used to bake it every time we came visit her . I love to try this at home too for sure my husband would like it.
I love a good lemon recipe and this lemon poppyseed bread sounds and looks delicious! YUM!
Wow does this sound good! It would travel well too, which makes it good for things like swim practices at our outdoor pool or when we go hiking. I’ll have to give this recipe a try.
It looks so moist and filling! I love poppy seed in baked treats! I think this one’s a keeper! And I also like the sizes for the bread. It’s perfect with coffee or tea! YUM!
I do love my bread. This sounds like an incredible flavor. I’m a huge fan of all things lemon.
Yum! What a wonderful way to spruce up a boxed cake mix. Anything lemon is perfect for summer too!
I tried this bread once and it was absolutely delicious. I would love to make my own homemade version one day. This sounds so delicious!
Lemon poppy seed is always one of my favorite muffins. The flavor is great but the seeds add a texture that is so crunchy and good.
I’m a huge fan of lemon poppyseed bread. I’ve never tried making it at home though. I can’t wait to try this recipe. It looks divine.
That looks amazing! Lemon poppyseed bread my mom’s favorite. I am only between the variation of that recipe so that I can give her a variety of flavors.
I love Lenon and wouldn’t have thought of adding Poppy Seed to it so I can’t wait to make this and share it with my sister and also my mother in law because like me they love Lemon.
This reminded me of how much my family enjoyed lemon poppy seed muffins or cake. Going to have to try out your recipe now that I am want this great treat.
Lemon poppy seed bread is one of my all time favorites. I can’t wait to try out your recipe because it sounds amazing.