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Close up off of a single Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin with one behind. Fresh lemons behind.
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5 from 7 votes

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

These lemon poppy seed muffins bake up beautifully every time and never dry. They are fresh, easy to make, and bursting with flavor!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 288kcal
Author: Erica Walker

Ingredients

For the icing:

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400-degrees. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together four, baking powder, baking soda, salt, poppy seeds, and lemon zest. Set aside.
    Bowl of flour lemon zest and poppy seeds to make Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins.
  • In a large mixing bowl whisk together sugar and melted butter until well combined.
    Mixing bowl of lemon juice and sugar to make Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin. Wooden spoon on the side.
  • Stir in egg, almond extract, vanilla extract, sour cream, milk and juice from 1 lemon.
    Mixing bowl of wet ingredients to make Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins.
  • Add flour and stir until all ingredients are just combnied (don't over mix). It's ok if it's a little lumpy (like pancake batter).
    Mixing bowl of Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin batter.
  • Place baking liners in a muffin/cupcake pan. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the muffin batter into each liner. The liner should be a little more than 3/4 of the way full.
    Cooking scoop pouring batter into a lined muffin pan to make Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins.
  • Bake at 400-degrees for about 8 minutes, you should notice the top of the muffins rising nicely.
    Muffin pan filled with lined unbaked Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins.
  • After 8 minutes, reduce heat to 350 for another 10-15 minutes or until edges become golden brown. Remove muffins from oven and allow to cool 5 minutes before icing.
    Baked Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins next to the bowl of glaze and a brush.

For the icing:

  • Stir milk and powdered sugar together until smooth. Add more milk (to thin) or powdered sugar (thicken) until you reach your desired consistency.
    Whisk drizzling the glaze over a bowl for Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins.
  • After muffins have cooled for 5 minutes, use a pastry brush and brush glaze genersousy on each muffin.
    Brushing the glaze on top of the Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins.
  • Allow muffins to cool completely before serving or until icing sets.
    Glazed pan of twelve Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins.

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Notes

There are so many different ways you can add variety to this muffin recipe! Replace the poppy seeds with any of these different mix-in's to your batter before baking:
  • Blueberries (fresh or frozen)
  • Cranberries (fresh or frozen)
  • Raspberries (fresh or frozen)
  • Lime juice/zest
  • Shredded coconut

Nutrition

Calories: 288kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 284mg | Potassium: 182mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 398IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 107mg | Iron: 1mg