Ultimate Lemon Poppy Seed Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 lbs butter, room temp, 5 sticks
• 2 cups sugar
• 9 large eggs
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 coat 2 (8 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 2 1/2") loaf pans with butter-flavored cooking spray.
• 3 in the bowl of an electric mixer, (i use my kitchen aid one), cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• 4 beat in eggs one at a time. scrape sides and bottom every so often with a rubber spatula.
• 5 add the lemon juice, lemon rind and vanilla and beat until combined.
• 6 in another bowl, combine the flour, poppy seeds, baking powder and salt. i usually just mix this well with a whisk to combine evenly.
• 7 add to the egg mixture and stir until just moistened.
• 8 divide the batter between the 2 prepared pans.
• 9 bake about 1 hour, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. cool in pans 10 minutes.
• 10 invert onto wire racks.
• 11 cool further til wrappable with plastic wrap without any steam. wrap tightly to keep fresh and moist.