Cheryl's Poppy Seed Bread With Glaze

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt (or less, i use half)
• 3 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/8 cups vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons poppy seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons butter flavor extract
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon butter flavor extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f degrees.
• 2 grease and flour two regular size loaf pans.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl and whisk together.
• 4 in another bowl, combine sugar, eggs, and oil.
• 5 add the flour mixture alternately with the milk into the egg mixture, mixing between each addition by hand.
• 6 stir in poppyseeds (yes, it really is 1 1/2 tbsp) and flavorings.
• 7 pour into prepared loaf pans and bake at 350 f for 1 hour, or until cake tests done (you may need another 15 minutes baking time).
• 8 when baked, set the loaf pans on a rack (leaving loaves in pans).
• 9 combine glaze ingredients and pour all over the still warm loaves (if you like, poke holes in the surface with a skewer before pouring glaze so that it leaks into the bread).
• 10 the center of the bread will be very, very moist- almost wet from the glaze.