combine the flower, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl

combine the lemon zest with the sugar and rub together with your finger until the sugar is wet. add the sugar to the dry ingredients, stir and set aside

combine the lemon juice with the whole min to make a faux buttermilk. add vanilla, stir and add to the dry ingredients

add eggs to the faux buttermilk and beat them until combined

add the melted butter and the poppy seeds, stir just until combine before putting a quarter cup of batter onto a hot, well greased griddle or frying panics bubble pop and no longer fill back in its time to flip. repeat with the remaining batter until gone

keep pancakes warm in a rimmed sheet pan, in the oven on the lowest temperature

serve with butter, fresh blueberries and real maple syrup