Easy Lemon-Poppy Seed Pull-Aparts

 The other day, the local grocery story had these small jumbo biscuits, (5 per tube), marked down to such a low price that I couldn't resist buying a couple.  I got home and decided that it had been a long time since I made Pull-Apart bread.  This recipe is so easy, and very good.  As I was rounding up the ingredients, I realized I didn't have any fresh lemons on hand, but no worries - I can substitute dried lemon peel and reconstituted lemon juice.

First pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.

You will need:
2/3 cup sugar
1 Tabs. poppy seed
1 Tabs. fresh grated lemon peel, or dried lemon peel
1 Tabs. fresh lemon juice, or reconstituted lemon juice.
3 Tabs. butter softened
2 cans of biscuits, (total of 10 biscuits)
1 Tabs. cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 Tabs butter, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Spray a bread loaf pan, line it with parchment paper and spray the parchment paper.  Notice that I leave some of the parchment paper hanging over the sides - this is so that I can lift the pull-apart out after it is baked.

In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, poppy seed, and lemon peel.

In another small bowl microwave the 3 Tabs. butter

Open the biscuits and separate each biscuit into 2 layers, so you now have a total of 20.

 Brush both sides of the biscuits with the butter.

Dip the biscuits into the sugar/lemon/poppy seed mixture.  Make sure both sides of well coated

 Starting at one end, stack the biscuits in the loaf pan, on their edges so that they are over lapping.

Once you have all the biscuits in the pan, sprinkle any leftover sugar mixture over the top and sides of the biscuits.   Bake for about 40 minutes until nicely browned.  (If you notice that the biscuits are getting too brown on the outside, before the inside is cooked, cover with a piece of aluminum foil to prevent over browning during the last few minutes of cooking.)

Let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.  Then using the parchment paper wings, remove from pan and set on rack.  While the bread is cooling, we are going to make the topping.

 In a small bowl, combine cream cheese and 1 1/2 Tabs. butter.  Beat until creamy and light.

Mix in the powdered sugar and lemon juice.

Mix on medium speed until smooth and drizzling consistency.

Drizzle glaze over pull-apart bread.

You can serve the pull-apart bread warm or at room temperature.  Store any leftovers, wrapped in plastic wrap.  It's delicious with coffee, cocoa, as a breakfast coffee cake or an after dinner snack.

This recipe is also good using orange in replacement for the lemon peel and lemon juice.


So the next time you pick up some biscuits, give this recipe a try.

ENJOY!!