Photo of a loaf of poppy seed bread on a marble board with holiday decorations

Aunt Bonnie’s Poppy Seed Bread

Need the perfect hostess gift for a Christmas party you’ve been invited to? Need to bring something for a gift exchange? Scrambling to stay within that end-of-the-year budget? I’ve got the perfect recipe for you! Give the gift of the Best Poppy Seed Bread for the Holidays!

Aunt Bonnie’s Poppy Seed Bread

DifficultyEasy

Servings4

My Aunt Bonnie might be the strongest and kindest person in the entire world. That’s not a combination you see too often, but she wears it extremely well. I always picture her laughing so hard she has to wipe the tears from her eyes. Her laugh lights up the room. My whole life she’s made me feel special and seen.

My first year of college, far away from the comforts of home and feeling utterly alone in the world, I walked into the campus post office one afternoon to find she’d sent me a care package containing this treat. In one bite it reminded me there was somewhere in this world I belonged, and somebody who loved me enough to bake me poppyseed bread.

Ingredients

For the Bread

  • 3 1/14 cup All-purpose Einkorn Flour, You can also regular all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1 1/2 cups maple sugar, Or granulated sugar
  • 3 ea eggs
  • 3 Tbsp poppy seeds
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, or 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped out
  • 3 tsp almond extract
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 cup coconut oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp grass-fed butter

For the Glaze

  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp butter, melted
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, or 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped out
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • 1 tsp milk

Instructions

For the Bread

  • 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  • 2

    Add ingredients to a stand mixer in the order given. Blend for two minutes, until smooth.

  • 3

    Rub two standard size loaf pans with butter and line with parchment paper.

  • 4

    Bake for 55 minutes, or until an inserted skewer (or toothpick) comes out clean. Cool on cooling racks over a piece of parchment paper.

For the Glaze

  • 1

    While your bread is baking, combine glaze ingredients.

  • 2

    Beat until all the lumps are out.

  • 3

    With a fork, drizzle the glaze onto slightly cooled breads, flinging your fork back and forth to cover the breads with ribbons of glaze. Sprinkle with holiday sprinkles and let them cool completely.

  • 4

    Wrap in plastic wrap and wrap to give as a gift (see the wrapping ideas), or enjoy the breads yourself!

Equipment

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