Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins From Scratch
These muffins have a delicious balance of tangy and sweet that is sure to make your mouth water.
Equipment
- 1 lemon squeezer optional
- 2 bowls
- 1 spatula
- 1 Oven
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ Cups all purpose flour
- 1 Cup coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoon Poppy Seeds
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 Cup greek yogurt plain non fat
- ⅓ Cup milk 2% or whole milk
- ½ cup butter 1 stick
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice About 1 lemon freshly squeezed
- 2 tablespoon Lemon Zest - About 2 lemons worth
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
The Glaze
- 1 lemon freshly squeezed
- ½ Cup Swerve powdered sugar replacement
Instructions
- Pre heat your oven to 425°F,line your 12 cup muffin pan and gather your ingredients.
- In one bowl mix: Flour, Salt, Poppy Seeds, Baking Powder and Baking Soda
- Zest your lemons, squeeze one lemon and melt your butter (the microwave is fine)
- In another bowl mix: Lemon Zest, Coconut sugar, melted butter and lemon juice mix well
- continue adding in the yogurt,milk,eggs,and vanilla.
- Pour your wet ingredients mixture into the dry ingredients mixture and stir until no dry spots are left.
- Your batter will be very thick and sticky and thats good.
- Evenly distribute among your 12 liners and bake for about 15 minutes or until tops are golden brown.
- While these are baking, prepare your glaze. Start by juicing your other lemon. Then combine with ½ Cup swerve powdered sugar replacement. Stir until it is a smooth consistency.
- Once muffins are done baking, let them cool and then apply your glaze.
- You can drizzle it with a spoon or put in a plastic bag and cut a tiny piece of the corner off.
- Enjoy! You just made lemon poppy seed muffins from scratch!
Notes
You are welcome to use regular sugar instead of coconut sugar. You can also use normal powdered sugar instead of swerve. I just try to make mine a little healthier.
I also think any milk will work for the muffins. I happened to use 2% because that is what I had on hand.
Nutrition
Calories: 224kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 5gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 239mgPotassium: 88mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 251IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 98mgIron: 1mg
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