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These Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins are the perfect combination of sweet and tart. A sweet tender muffin with a tart lemon glaze!
I am pretty much a sucker for anything that has lemon in it or poppy seeds so a Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin is a no brainer for me! A light lemon flavor with the crunch of poppy seeds covered in a nice lemon drizzle. Yum!
Ingredients Needed
- All Purpose Flour
- Butter
- Sour Cream
- Egg
- Lemon, zest and juice
- Sugar, granulated sugar and powdered sugar
- Baking Soda
- Poppy Seeds
- Vanilla Extract
- Salt
How to Make Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
- Add flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, poppy seeds and lemon zest in a bowl
- Combine sour cream, egg, melted butter and vanilla in a separate bowl.
- Add to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened, do not over stir.
- Spoon batter into prepared muffins pans, fill 2/3 full.
- Bake at 400 degrees F until lightly brown, about 12-15 minutes.
- Cool muffins in the pan for ten minutes and then remove to a cooling rack.
- Add together powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla in a bowl.
- Stir until smooth.
- Drizzle the glaze over top of muffins/
Tips from leigh Anne
- Use room temperature ingredients, they will incorporate easier.
- Don’t over stir the batter. Stir just until all the ingredients are incorporated. Mixing your batter by hand makes easier to not over mix.
- A 1/3 cup measure or scoop to measure out your batter. It makes the perfect size muffin.
- Muffin batter is meant to be thick. You should be able to stand a fork or spoon up in it. If you think it is too thin, add just a bit more flour. A thicker, stiffer batter will give you a taller, puffy style muffin but you will still have a light and tender muffin.
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Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
These Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins are the perfect combination of sweet and tart. A sweet tender muffin with a tart lemon glaze!
Prep:10 minutes
Cook:15 minutes
Total:25 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp poppy seeds
- 1 Tbsp grated lemon zest
- 1 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup butter melted
- 2 tsp vanilla
Glaze:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Add together flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, poppy seeds and lemon zest in a bowl
- In another bowl combine sour cream, egg, melted butter and vanilla. If using Greek yogurt, batter will be thicker.
- Add to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened
- Do not over stir
- Spoon batter into prepared muffins pans (creased or liners) Fill 2/3 full.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until lightly brown
- Remove from pan and cool on rack
- Glaze
- Add together powdered sugar, lemon juice and vanilla in a bowl
- Stir until smooth
- Drizzle the glaze over top of muffins
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Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 220kcal (11%) Carbohydrates: 29g (10%) Protein: 3g (6%) Fat: 10g (15%) Saturated Fat: 6g (38%) Cholesterol: 37mg (12%) Sodium: 269mg (12%) Potassium: 67mg (2%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 14g (16%) Vitamin A: 297IU (6%) Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) Calcium: 59mg (6%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
Sheri says
We love Muffin Mondays!!! Thank you
Courtney@ Cooking Up A Family says
these look great!!
Avril says
How fun to meet some blogging followers! – precious and so sweet!
LOVE the looks of these muffins! I’m always attracted to anything with lemon in it and the fact that sour cream is in the recipe also pulls me towards this yummy recipe! 🙂
Melanie @ Finding Melanie says
Oh my goodness these sound absolutely delish!!! They don’t sound very difficult at all (this is a biggie for me!) Best of all, they can be tweaked with low fat versions of ingredients for a low cal option! Thanks for sharing these. I have been reading your blog for a long time and I have to say that I love it so much! Thanks for all you do.
CJ Thompson says
If you need someone to taste-test these… let me know!