Pillsbury Bake-Off Countdown: Lemon-Poppy Seed Pull-Apart Bread

CakeSpy Note: The Pillsbury Bake-Off is coming in November! Since I so deeply loved attending the 45th Bake-Off as well as the 46th Bake-Off, I thought I would get you excited the 47th one early by sharing all of the sweet recipes in the running. I will focus on sweets! You can follow them by clicking the bakeoff tag below to see the recipes posted so far.

I'm sorry, but there's a town called Mound, Minnesota? If I ever went there I'd only eat Mounds candy bars, I can promise you that.

Luckily, Cathy Wiechert of Mound, Minnesota has moved beyond the candy bar to this tasty lemon-poppyseed pull-apart bread, which is her entry in this year's Bake-Off. Good luck, Cathy!

Lemon-Poppy Seed Pull-Apart Bread

• Prep Time: 20 Min
• Total Time: 1 Hr 25 Min
• Makes: 8 servings

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon poppyseeds
• 1 large lemon (1 tablespoon grated peel and 1 to 2 tablespoons juice)
• 3 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 teaspoons butter, softened
• 1 can Pillsbury Grands! Flaky Layers refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (8 biscuits)
• 1 tablespoon cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Procedure

1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray 9x5-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray. Line pan with parchment paper, allowing paper to hang 2 inches over long sides of pan.
2. In small bowl, mix granulated sugar, poppy seed and lemon peel. In small microwavable bowl, microwave 3 tablespoons butter uncovered on High 20 to 25 seconds or until melted. Separate dough into 8 biscuits.
3. Separate each biscuit into 2 layers. Brush both sides of each biscuit layer with melted butter, then dip into poppy seed mixture. Starting at one short end of pan, place biscuit layers on their edges, just touching each other, until pan is loosely filled. Sprinkle any remaining poppy seed mixture between biscuits.
4. Bake 30 to 45 minutes or until golden brown. To prevent excess browning, loosely cover with foil, if necessary. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack, using parchment paper as handles. Cool 10 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, in small bowl, beat remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons butter, the cream cheese, powdered sugar and lemon juice with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and drizzling consistency. Drizzle glaze over pull-apart bread. Serve warm.

Comments

[Daniel]

Very nice site.I love your articles and recipes.Very useful and awesome!

[Cakespy]

Thank you!

[Cathy]

Thanks for the post! I hope to meet you there this year as this will be my third and final try. Can you believe there are actually two of us competing this year from Mound, MN? How random is that?

[Cakespy]

Cathy: I will be at the Bake-Off!! Be sure and say hi. As for two entrants from Mound, MN - what do you expect from a town named after a candy bar? Only great things! (kidding ;-)

[Britt]

You may officially be my favourite person for making Nanaimo bars breakfast food. I want to eat these now!

[Cakespy]

Thanks Britt!