Soft, fluffy and moist Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin recipe made with sour cream. These are perfectly puffy muffins topped with lemon glaze ready in under 30 minutes!
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Muffins: Taste and Texture
- Soft and Moist crumb
- Perfectly puffed tops
- Loaded with ample of crunchy poppy seeds
- Topped off with sweet lemon glaze
Recipe Ingredients:
Sour Cream: You will need one cup of cream to make super moist muffins that stay moist for days!
Baking Powder: We are using baking powder for a good rise in these muffins. You will need 2 tsps of it.
Lemon Zest and Juice: Both lemon zest and juice are needed to give these muffins a perfect amount of lemon flavor. I suggest not to skip the zest.
All Purpose Flour: Apf is the base of this recipe. I like to sift my flour to get rid of any lumps before adding to the muffin batter.
How to How do you make poppy seed muffins from scratch?
Making muffins is as easy as mixing wet ingredients into dry as long as you don't overmix the batter. Lets quickly see how we are preparing the batter!
- Beat room temp egg and sugar together till light and fluffy with electric mixer till it gets light.
- Next add in sour cream, oil, vanilla lemon zest and juice.
- Now fold in sifted dry ingredients and poppy seeds on wet and take care not to overmix the batter at this point.
- Pour in the prepared liners and bake!!
Tips to make perfect homemade muffins every single time:
- Do not over mix the batter: This is the most important step to keep in mind while making muffins' batter. While mixing dry ingredients into wet, fold only till the streaks of flour disappear in the batter. Else muffins may turn out dense and dry if the batter is over mixed.
- Use fresh Lemons: Fresh lemons yield 100x better flavor than the lemons sold in bottles. Always reach out for fresh lemons to make homemade muffins.
- Room temperature ingredients make all the difference: Room temp ingredients mix well with each other creating a uniform batter. This ultimately leads to a perfect bake!
- Use lots of Poppy Seeds: You can easily use about 3 table spoons of poppy seeds in this recipe for a perfect crunch.
- Always keep muffins covered: Muffins will keep moist for days when stored- covered tightly at all times.
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Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin Recipe
Equipment
- Electric beater/mixer
- 12 Cup Baking Pan
Ingredients
- 2 large Eggs (room temperature)
- 1 Cup Granulated sugar
- 1 Cup Sour cream
- ½ Cup Oil (Vegetable/ canola/avocado)
- 1 ½ tsp Pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice
- 2 tsp Lemon zest
- 2 Cups All purpose flour
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 3 tbsp Poppy Seeds
Lemon Glaze
- 1 Cup Confectioners' sugar
- 1 ½ tbsp Lemon juice
- ½ tsp Lemon zest
Instructions
- Line a 12-count muffin pan with cupcake liners and preheat your oven to 400˚F. In a large mixing bowl beat together eggs and granulated sugar with stand mixer/hand beater on high till it gets thick and light in color.
- Next add sour cream, oil, vanilla, lemon zest and juice. Mix it all on low speed until combined.
- Sift all dry ingredients (all purpose flour, salt, baking powder and poppy seeds) over wet and fold just until combined.
- Divide batter into 12 muffin liners until all the batter is used up. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until tops are golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove muffins from tin after 4-5 minutes and cool on a wire rack until room temperature then drizzle with lemon glaze.
Lemon Glaze Recipe
- Combine confectioners' sugar, lemon zest and lemon. Stir it all until smooth. To thin the glaze more add a little lemon juice or water. To thicken, add a little more confectioners' sugar.
Notes
- Do not over mix the batter: This is the most important step to keep in mind while making muffins' batter. While mixing dry ingredients into wet, fold only till the streaks of flour disappear in the batter. Else muffins may turn out dense and dry if the batter is over mixed.
- Use fresh Lemons: Fresh lemons yield 100x better flavor than the lemons sold in bottles. Always reach out for fresh lemons to make homemade muffins.
- Room temperature ingredients make all the difference: Room temp ingredients mix well with each other creating a uniform batter. This ultimately leads to a perfect bake!
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I love these muffins, lemon poppyseed are my favorite.
This dish looks delicious and simple to make. Gonna try this out soon.
I would like to try these Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin recipe! It looks so delish! Can't wait to bake it on weekends.
This look so delicious! I'm definitely going to try making them this weekend! Thanks for the awesome recipe 🙂
Nostalgic for me, this reminds me of my childhood. I used to bring Lemon cupcakes at school and have it as a snack.
This can be good bonding in the kitchen, thanks for sharing
looks yummy and really perfect with coffee. I would love to try this recipe.
It looks so delicious and fragrant! I love your photos. These muffins must be good with coffee.
Wooo! Looks scrumptious! I love the sour-sweet taste on my muffins. Do you think this will work with key lime too?
Yum. I love the sweet savory aspect of this delicious combination.
These look delicious! My family would love them.
Tried this recipe with my grand daughter today. It was just perfect!
So glad I stumbled upon this amazing recipe. Thank you