Poppy seed cookies

Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies are a rich, buttery cookie recipe full of bright lemon flavor! Made with fresh lemon juice and crunchy poppy seeds.

I snacked on these often when, as a child, I visited my grandparents in Deal, New Jersey. The recipe belonged to my great-aunt Hetty Frank, my paternal grandfather’s sister. These lovely little cookies, which attest to the Eastern European roots on that side of the family, have an intriguing flavor that makes them a refreshing departure from biscuits or shortbread with a cup of tea. They are also nice for dessert, paired with ripe strawberries or a bowl of fresh fruit salad. My grandmother…

If you could bottle up sunshine and stuff it in a cookie, this would be it! These soft and chewy lemon poppy seed cookies are made in 20 minutes from start to finish!!

Flaky dough rounds filled with poppy seed filling make these pastries the perfect addition to any cookie platter. They're perfect for Christmas or Hanukkah, but are delicious and welcome any time of year!

Growing up, most foods that contained poppy-seeds simply didn’t appeal to me. I was wary about those tiny black seeds that dotted pastries, muffins or cookies and wished that they simply weren’t there. Due to this aversion to poppy-seeds, I usually stayed away from desserts that contained any. Yet in the last few years that has changed, mainly because of a poppy-seed strudel that opened my eyes (or rather my taste buds) to the nutty sweetness that poppy-seeds could bring to a dish.

These simple and sweet Lemon Poppy Seed Shortbread Cookies start with a basic, buttery shortbread base. A light and fresh mix of lemon and poppy seeds gets mixed in to brighten the easy slice and bake cookies with sunny flavor.

Poppyseed rugelach are rich and flaky crescent-shaped cookies wrapped around a delicious poppyseed filling. It's a staple pastry to make around the holidays!

A perfectly tender and lemony cookie with lots of flecks of tiny poppy seeds. A truly irresistable cookie, perfect for any occasion or holiday!

Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies are a lemon poppy seed cookie, filled with homemade lemon curd and topped with a lemon almond glaze!

These easy Glazed Orange Poppy Seed Cookies are bursting with orange flavor! So soft and tender, these cookies will quickly become a new favorite!