Baked Donut Monday: Lemon Poppy Seed

Happy Monday everyone!!!

I'm back again for another Baked Donut Monday post

and today I'm going to tell you about some super tasty

LEMON POPPY SEED BAKED DONUTS!

I'm a HUGE fan of lemon desserts,

and had yet to make a lemon baked donut,

so when I found this recipe I had to add it to my list!

The Goods:

Flour

Baking Powder

Salt

Poppy Seeds

Sugar

Eggs

Milk

Butter

Fresh Lemon Juice

Lemon Zest

Vanilla

Powdered Sugar

Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and poppy seeds in a large bowl.

Whisk together the sugar, eggs, milk, butter, 

lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla in another bowl.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

Then mix until just combined, being careful not to over mix.

Transfer donut batter to a large zipper bag.

Cut off the end of the zipper bag 

and fill your greased donut pan until 1/2 to 3/4 full.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes.

You can test that they're done with a toothpick.

Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.

While donuts are cooling, make your lemon glaze

by whisking together the powdered sugar and lemon juice.  

If glaze is too thick, add just a little more lemon juice to thin out.

Dip the top of each donut into the glaze and return to wire rack for glaze to set.

Finally taste test your donut!

Lemon Poppy Seed Donuts 

Adapted from Dessert Now Dinner Later

For the Donuts:

2 Cups Flour

2 Teaspoons Baking Powder

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

1 Teaspoon Poppy Seeds

2/3 Cup Sugar

2 Eggs

2/3 Cup Milk

4 Tablespoons Butter - melted and cooled

4 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice

4 Teaspoons Lemon Zest

1 Teaspoon Vanilla

For the Glaze:

2 Cups Powdered Sugar

4 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice

1. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and poppy seeds in a large bowl.
2. Whisk together the sugar, eggs, milk, butter, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla in another bowl.
3. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined, being careful not to over mix.
4. Transfer donut batter to a large zipper bag. 
5. Cut off the end of the zipper bag and fill your greased donut pan until 1/2 to 3/4 full.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. You can test that they're done with a toothpick.
7. Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
8. While donuts are cooling, make your lemon glaze by whisking together the powdered sugar and lemon juice.  If glaze is too thick, add just a little more lemon juice to thin out.
9. Dip the top of each donut into the glaze and return to wire rack for glaze to set.
10. Finally, taste test your donut!

Baked Pretzel Ham & Cheese Sandwiches

In this post I showed you all about how to make Homemade Pretzel Rolls.

And today I'm taking it a step further and am showing you how to use them to make

BAKED HAM & CHEESE PRETZEL SANDWICHES!!!

My sister-in-law made a variation of these a few years ago.

And I was hooked from the first bite!

I knew I wanted to make them myself,

but as usual I changed the original recipe up a bit.

These sandwiches are incredibly easy to make and so darn tasty!

They can even be made ahead of time and frozen.

Keep reading to see how easy they really are!

The Goods:

Pretzel Rolls

Deli Ham

Cheddar Cheese

Butter

Mustard

Poppy Seeds

Onions (Optional)

(Full Recipe at bottom of post!)

Melt butter with mustard, then add poppy seeds and onions if using them.

Get all your supplies ready to assemble the sandwiches.

Cut Pretzel Rolls in half and spread mustard butter sauce on each side.

Add a few slices of ham and one slice of cheese to each sandwich.

Wrap each sandwich individually in foil.

Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. 

If making from frozen, bake for 45 minutes instead.

And that is is folks!

Super simple as promised!!!

Ham and Cheese Pretzel Sandwich Recipe

6 Pretzel Rolls

1 pound Deli Ham

6 slices Cheddar Cheese

 1/4 Cup Butter

1/8 Cup Mustard

1 Tablespoon Poppy Seeds

1 Tablespoon Chopped Onions (Optional)

1. Make your Pretzel Rolls. Or you can buy them but they won't be as good! 

2. Melt butter with mustard. Once melted, add poppy seeds and onions if using.

3. Cut Pretzel Rolls in half and spread mustard butter sauce on each side.

4. Add a few slices of ham and one slice of cheese to each sandwich.

5. Wrap each sandwich individually in foil.

6. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. 

If making from frozen, bake for 45 minutes instead.