Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
These soft, moist and fluffy lemon poppy seed muffins are bursting with fresh lemon flavor, sprinkled throughout with poppy seeds and topped with coarse sugar for a sweet crunch. You can't go wrong with these bakery-style treats made at home!
Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons poppy seeds
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups plain whole milk yogurt NOT Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 ½ tablespoons fresh lemon zest
- 2 eggs
- ½ cups unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoons sparkling sugar for topping
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F. Line 12 standard muffin cups with paper baking liners.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder, baking soda and salt until well combined. In a separate medium bowl, whisk yogurt, lemon juice, lemon zest and eggs until well combined. Whisk in butter until combined.
- Gently stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients with a spatula until just combined (do not overmix, or the muffins will end up tough).
- Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups (the batter will be thick, and the cups will be quite full). Top batter evenly with coarse sugar.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until tops of muffins are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of one muffin comes out clean. Cool muffins in muffin tin 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
- Store muffins covered in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.
Notes
- Recipe adapted from A Kitchen Addiction.
- For clean, even scoops of batter in each muffin cup, use a cookie scoop.
- *If you're a big fan of the flavor and crunch of poppy seeds, use up to 3 tablespoons in this recipe!
- Do not use Greek yogurt for this recipe; it's too thick and the muffins will be too tough and dense once baked.
Nutrition
Calories: 288kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 275mg | Potassium: 113mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 306IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 140mg | Iron: 2mg