Poppy Seed French Bread Recipes

POPPY SEED BREAD I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
• Mix the flour, salt, sugar, and soda in a mixing bowl. Add vanilla, milk, eggs, and oil. Beat for five minutes with an electric mixer. Stir in the poppy seeds. Pour batter into loaf pans.
• Bake for one hour. Cool on wire racks.

CHEESY POPPY SEED BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Cover a baking sheet with a layer of aluminum foil.
• Without cutting through the bottom of the bread, deeply score the bread into 1 inch squares. Place the bread on the prepared baking sheet. Tuck the sliced Swiss cheese into the cuts, making sure to get into each score mark. Evenly sprinkle the green onions over the cheese, tucking some down into the cuts.
• Stir together the melted butter, poppy seeds, and celery salt. Spoon the butter mixture evenly over the stuffed bread. Cover the loaf with another sheet of aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cheese is melted and the bread is hot, about 1 hour.

POPPY SEED FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Combine butter, Parmesan cheese, and poppy seeds; spread on both sides of each piece of bread. Place on baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 12-16 minutes, turning once.

SWISS POPPY SEED BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Cut a piece of aluminum foil large enough to hold the French bread loaf and a couple inches extra on each end.
• 2. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• 3. With a serrated knife, slice the bread diagonally in 1-inch slices.
• 4. Place the bread in the middle of the aluminum foil.
• 5. Insert half of a Swiss cheese slice between each slice of bread.
• 6. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Turn the heat to low.
• 7. To the butter, add the minced onion, mustard, lemon juice, poppy seed and season salt.
• 8. Remove the saucepan from the stove, and pour a little bit of the mixture between each slice.
• 9. At this point, if you wanted to turn this into a sandwich, you would place a piece of deli ham between each slice of bread.
• 10. Wrap the aluminum foil around the bread, but do not cover it completely.
• 11. Bake for 30 minutes.
• 12. Remove the bread from the oven and serve immediately. This bread is addictive!

DIJON POPPY SEED CHEESE BREAD

Steps:

• Cut bread into 1-in. slices to within 1/4 in. of bottom. In a small bowl, combine the butter, mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, poppy seeds and onion. Spread over each slice of bread; sprinkle cheese between the slices., Place the loaf in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the bread is crisp.

SWISS POPPY SEED BREAD

Steps:

• Cut loaf of French bread into 10 slices, 3/4 of the way through.
• Insert slices of Swiss Cheese between each of the bread slices.
• Saute onion in butter until transparent, not brown.
• Add poppy seed to butter.
• Spoon butter/onion/poppy seed mixture between the slices of bread and cheese.
• Wrap in foil.
• Bake at 300 degrees until the cheese melts and the bread is hot throughout, about 20-25 minutes.

MAGICAL DISAPPEARING POPPY SEED GARLIC FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Trim all the crust from the bread except the bottom crust.
• Slice down the center of the loaf lengthwise being careful not to cut through the bottom crust.
• Then cut across the bread in 1/2" slices, again being careful not to cut through the bottom crust.
• Melt butter, add paprika, garlic and poppy seeds.
• Using a pastry brush, brush butter mixture onto sides and top of bread.
• Wrap bread in foil until ready to bake.
• When ready to bake, roll foil down sides of bread to form a pan.
• Bake in preheated oven 400F for 15 minutes.
• Enjoy!