Freeze them! Then you can use for Christmas baking.

POPPY SEED DRESSING
(1 cup)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp grated onion
4 TBL red wine vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Combine first 7 ingredients. Stir well. Using mixer, add oil slowly until mixture thickens. Chill.~~Food for Thought

POPPY SEED BREAD WITH ALMONDS (3 loaves)
3 cups flour
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 1/2 TBL poppy seeds
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tspalmond extract
1 1/2 tsp butter flavoring
Orange glaze (follows)

Combine the flour, sugar, milk, oil, eggs, poppy seeds, baking powder, salt & flavorings in a mixer bowl. Beat 2 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally. Spoon into 3 4x8" buttered & floured loaf pans. Bake in a preheated 350° oven 1 hour.
Pierce the top of the hot loaves with a fork. Pour the Orange Glaze over the top. Cool in the pans on a wire rack before removing.~~

Orange Glaze
3/4 cup superfine sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 tsp butter flavoring
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup sliced almonds

Combine the sugar, orange juice & flavorings in a bowl & mix well. Stir in the almonds.~~Texas Ties

WATERMELON POPPY SEED DRESSING (1 1/2 cups)
1 1/4 cups cubed watermelon
1/2 tsp unflavored gelatin
1/2 tsp dry mustard
2 tsp poppy seeds
2 TBL honey
1 1/2 tsp white wine vinegar

Process the watermelon in a blender until smooth; combine w/the gelatin in a saucepan. Let stand 1 minute. cook over low heat, stirring until thick. Remove from teh heat & add the remaining ingredients. Blend well. Cover & chill 8 hours. Serve w/fruiot or salad greens.~~Udderly Delicious

There are 158 recipes at www.poppyseed.org in lots of categories. See below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Poppy Seed Recipes

I agree with Ginger, use them holiday baking. BUT, get them into the freezer as the can go rancid!

That should be use them for holiday baking!

If you want to use a lot of them, make poppyseed danish, kolake or coffee cake or filled cookies using a poppyseed filling.
I have linked to the recipe for one filling below. I'm not very good at kolakes, but I'll bet there is s Czech here somewhere who will post their grandmother's recipe.
Linda C

Here is a link that might be useful: Poppyseed filling

Thanks you for the recipes and the advice to freeze them. I never thought of them going rancid.