I still remember my grandmothers hand written version, written on a piece of loose-leaf and tucked into her favourite recipe book for safe keeping. Nan’s Kitchen smelling of lemon was a magical thing, back in the day and those crunchy little Poppy Seeds always made any recipe a little more special.
Grandma didn’t have the concentrated food grade essential oils way back when, instead she would have used the zest and juice of lemons to get that flavour. So, you will find our Lemon Poppy Seed Donut recipe uses a combination of the way my Grandmother used to do it and my own ketofied version.
Bakers can buy the Lemon essential oil at any store where quality baking ingredients are sold. If you’re using the oils, make sure to use only a drop, this stuff is super concentrated. I use an 1/8 of a tsp measure to drop in the oil,so as to make sure I don’t accidentally add too much to the batter.
I also hold back on the Poppy Seeds until the very end. I then fold them into the batter with a spatula, that way they don’t get all mashed up in the beaters.
Finally, you can spread the icing on as is, but my favourite way is to slightly warm the icing in a small sauce pan and dip each donut into the warmed icing for that smooth glazed look!” method_heading=”Directions” other_notes=”Make sure you use a good food grade essential oil. We use Lorann’s super concentrated oils. You can find them here http://www.lorannoils.com/lemon-oil-natural-1-dram-0020-0100
Recipe can also be used for individual muffins or cupcakes.
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For the Donuts
Preheat oven to 350
Combine all dry ingredients, with the exception of poppy seeds, in a large mixing bowl and set aside. We use a whisk to make sure the lumps are broken up.
Combine wet ingredients in a medium size bowl and mix well with a hand mixer or whisk.
Create a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients into the well.
Slowly incorporate the wet mixture into the dry ingredients with a hand mixer or whisk.
When both are combined, use a spatula to fold in the poppy seeds.
Spoon the mixture into a donut pan. Fill each hole ¾ full.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the donut.
Cool donuts in the pan.
For the Icing
Cream ingredients together with a mixer until thoroughly mixer. Use immediately
