425 poppy recipes

Orange poppyseed muffins made tender with sour cream and packed with double orange flavor from juice and extract. A simple stir-together batter with no mixer needed.

Easy butterscotch poppy seed cake made with yellow cake mix, butterscotch pudding mix, and a generous helping of poppy seeds. Moist, rich, and done in 35 minutes.

Lemon poppy seed bundt cake made from a box cake mix and instant lemon pudding for extra moisture. A semi-homemade shortcut that bakes up incredibly moist with poppy seed crunch throughout.

Fruited spinach salad with papaya or pears and halved grapes in a honey poppy seed vinaigrette. A low-calorie, no-cook side salad ready in 15 minutes.

Traditional egg-enriched challah bread with a golden crust and soft, pillowy crumb. This from-scratch yeast dough recipe makes beautiful braided loaves topped with poppy or sesame seeds.

Lemon pepper sandwich loaf, an accordion-sliced French bread stuffed with swiss, bacon, and a tangy lemon-pepper poppy seed butter, baked warm in foil. A pull-apart crowd-pleaser for parties and game day.

This recipe could be used as part of a 12-course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve.

A triangular filled pastry, traditionally eaten during the Jewish Holiday of Purim.

Greek feta bread with crumbled feta and whole eggs sealed inside a honey-sweetened yeast dough, topped with poppy seeds and baked golden. A savory stuffed loaf worth the rise time.

Traditional German Dampfnudeln: soft steamed yeast dumplings stuffed with prunes, drizzled with buttery poppy seed sauce. A cozy Bavarian dessert that's surprisingly simple to make.

Kolach is a soft, enriched Eastern European braided bread: a milk-and-egg yeast dough braided into glossy golden loaves, brushed with egg glaze and sprinkled with poppy seeds. A festive holiday bread worth the rise.

Munich cheesecake with a shortcrust base, vanilla bean cream cheese filling, poppy seed-raisin layer, and brown sugar streusel topping broiled until crisp.

Homemade bagels made with potato water for extra softness and chew. Boiled in sugared water then baked until golden - this classic method delivers that glossy, crispy crust. Makes 30 bagels.

Moist breakfast muffins loaded with poppy seeds and almond extract. Simple one-bowl batter makes 24 tender muffins in 30 minutes.

Old-fashioned buttermilk rolls topped with poppy seeds and brushed with melted butter. Soft, tangy, and ready in about an hour. Makes 2 dozen dinner rolls.

Homemade breadsticks with a simple olive oil yeast dough rolled into thin ropes and baked until crispy and browned. Plain or seeded with fennel, caraway, or poppy seeds. Keeps for weeks.