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Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
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Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

These Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins make the perfect breakfast. Easy, super soft and fluffy, this is an incredibly delicious bake.
Course Breakfast / Snack, Breakfast OR Dessert
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 12 Muffins

Ingredients

FOR THE MUFFINS

  • 3 cups / 240g all purpose / cake flour
  • ¼ cup / 50g sugar SEE NOTE 1
  • 3 teaspoons / 12g baking powder
  • 3 Tablespoons / 26g poppy seeds
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda / bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup / 180ml milk
  • Zest of 1 lemon about 2 teaspoons
  • ¼ cup / 60ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup / 225g butter melted

FOR THE GLAZE ( OPTIONAL)

  • ¾ cup / 94g powdered / icing sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons / 7 ml milk

Instructions

FOR THE MUFFINS

  • In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder ,sugar, poppy seeds, baking soda / bicarbonate of soda and salt. ( Dry ingredients)
  • In a separate bowl combine the milk, lemon zest and juice and eggs until smooth.( Wet ingredients )
  • Fold the wet ingredients into dry ingredients until just combined and then fold in butter. Do not overmix. Overmixing will result in dry muffins.
  • Divide the batter between the muffin cups and bake in a preheated oven of 356°/180°C for about 15 to 18 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack before adding the glaze

FOR THE GLAZE (OPTIONAL)

  • Combine all the ingredients until the mixture is thick (add more milk if it’s too thick or more powdered sugar/ icing sugar if it’s too runny). Drizzle over the muffins.

Notes

  1. In this recipe, I just added a ¼ cup ( 50g) of sugar because I am not a fan of overly sweet breakfast muffins. However if your preference is towards a sweeter muffin then you can add up to ¾ cup (150g) of sugar to the recipe.

Nutrition

Serving: 0g | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 0mg | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg
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