Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

These Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins are light, fluffy, and bursting with poppyseeds and fresh lemon juice. A perfect snack when you are craving something sweet. These will definitely brighten your day!

Are you a lemon fan like I am? Great, because these will be right up your alley. I have a couple of guys that don’t love lemon so much, but one that does. My youngest son and I happen to be BIG lemon lovers, and that is enough for me to make all the lemon recipes. So if you are in agreement, we can be friends. 😀

In the old days, I used a poppyseed muffin recipe that involved a yellow cake mix, a LOT of sugar and butter, and poppy seeds. So this one is made using much less sugar, some cake flour for extra poof, lots of fresh lemon juice, and of course, poppy seeds. I’d much rather taste the lemon in this recipe, as opposed to having a rush of sugar. Wouldn’t you?

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin Ingredients:

Here are the ingredients you’ll need to buy at the grocery store:

• unsalted butter – so we can control the salt
• buttermilk – perfect for muffins
• eggs and vanilla
• FRESH lemon juice and zest – from actual lemons!
• combo of brown and granulated sugars
• CAKE flour – for that extra poof (but you CAN use regular flour too)
• baking soda, baking powder, and salt
• and poppy seeds, of course

The wet ingredients go in one bowl, the dry in the other. Combine, and spoon into the muffin tins. Fill them all the way to the top! So simple.

A few things you might need:

• Use a citrus press and lemon zester to get all that lemon flavor.
• And I LOVE this USA Muffin Pan (actually made in the USA) and these cupcake liners too.

The lemon glaze is purely optional. You don’t need it, but a little bit goes a long way.

The glaze is just two ingredients.

1. fresh lemon juice
2. powdered sugar

I used two large lemons for this entire recipe, and didn’t actually need all of the juice/zest.

Lemon lovers unite! Enjoy. 😀

Make these muffins next: Yogurt Glazed Blueberry Muffins

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xoxo ~Sue

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

These Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins are light, fluffy, and bursting with poppyseeds and fresh lemon juice. A perfect snack when you are craving something sweet. These will definitely brighten your day!

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Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: glazed poppy seed muffins, lemon poppy seed muffins

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 14 minutes

Total Time: 29 minutes

Servings: 12 muffins

Calories: 290kcal

Author: Sue Ringsdorf

Ingredients

For the muffins:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter - melted and cooled
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup half and half
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice - from one large lemon
• 1 Tablespoon lemon zest
• 2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups cake flour - or all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 Tablespoons poppy seeds
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

For the glaze:

• 2 Tablespoons lemon juice - freshly squeezed
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a 12-cup muffin pan with liners.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the wet ingredients - the melted and slightly cooled butter, eggs, buttermilk, fresh lemon juice and zest, and vanilla.
• In another bowl, combine the dry ingredients - the cake flour (or all-purpose), sugars, poppy seeds, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Pour the the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and mix until just combined. Don't over-mix.
• Spoon the muffin batter into the prepared muffin tins, filling all the way to the top. Bake for 14 - 16 minutes, or until the center is done.
• Remove muffins to cooling rack.
• Prepare glaze by combining the fresh lemon juice with powdered sugar. Drizzle then glaze over the slightly warm muffins. EAT!

Notes

• Cake flour makes these muffins super lighter, but all-purpose flour works as well.
• These are best the first day, but you can store them on your counter for a few days.
• You can freeze these muffins (without glaze) for up to three months.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 290kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 220mg | Potassium: 101mg | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 340IU | Vitamin C: 3.6mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 0.5mg