My 2-ingredient homemade poppyseed filling is simple to make and versatile to use in your sweet breads, rolls, and pastries. I love to use this filling in my classic poppyseed hamantaschen, which is a sweet traditionally served to celebrate Purim. My poppyseed filling is lightly sweet, slightly nutty, and smooth with a delicate crunch that you expect from poppy seeds.
🌟 Why Make Homemade Poppyseed Filling?
🧾 Ingredients in This Recipe
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👩🍳 How to Make This Recipe
Add the poppy seeds to a food processor and process until the seeds are ground soft and powdery, which takes about 1 minute. (You can also do this in a coffee or spice grinder in small batches.) In the meantime, warm the sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan until it becomes thinner and easier to stir. Add the poppy seeds to the warmed sweetened condensed milk and continue to heat for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Finally, move the mixture to a jar, cover and refrigerate. The filling will set and become thick as it chills.
✅ Important Tip
Don’t skip the 10-minute cook as it’s crucial for breaking down the poppy seeds. There are actually two parts of the recipe that help with this. First is the food processor, which does a decent job of grinding the seeds down, they break down even better with a mortar and pestle.
Second, cooking the mixture in sweetened condensed milk for 10 minutes helps make the poppy seeds more palatable. They’ll still have a bite, but the texture will be more pleasant to chew in larger quantities. Instead of al-dente, it’s almost pre-al-dente, if that makes sense.
2 Ingredient Poppyseed Filling Recipe
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- 2 cups poppy seeds 10-ounces, 280 grams
- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk or sweetened condensed coconut milk
Instructions
- Add the poppy seeds to a food processor and process until the seeds are ground soft and powdery, which takes about 1 minute. (You can also do this in a coffee or spice grinder in small batches.)2 cups poppy seeds
- In the meantime, warm the sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan until the it becomes thinner and easier to stir.1 cup sweetened condensed milk
- Add the poppy seeds to the warmed sweetened condensed milk and continue to heat for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Then, cover and refrigerate. The filling will set up and thicken as it chills.