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Lemon Muffins
The secret to moist, bakery-style Lemon Muffins is plain yogurt. Yogurt makes for a tender crumb in this fast and easy muffin recipe, and a simple lemon-infused powdered sugar glaze adds a sweet citrus touch on top.
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Meggan Hill📖 culinaryhill
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●oven
- ●baking sheet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Move an oven rack to the middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a muffin pan with cupcake liners and spray with nonstick spray. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
baking powder (see note 1)2 teaspoons
2
In a large bowl, whisk together granulated sugar, yogurt, eggs, lemon zest, and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients in batches, whisking to incorporate after each addition. Fold in oil and stir carefully until uniformly combined. Fill prepared muffin cups with batter.
granulated sugar1 cupeggs4lemon zest (see note 3)4 teaspoonslemon zest (optional)1 teaspoon
3
Bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean with a few crumbs attached, about ⏱️ 20-25 minutes. The muffins should be fragrant and spring back when pressed lightly. Cool muffins on a rack for several minutes before removing from pan. Cool completely.
4
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, stir together powdered sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest (if using) until smooth.
powdered sugar2 cupslemon zest (see note 3)4 teaspoonslemon zest (optional)1 teaspoon
5
Place muffins on a wire rack set over a baking sheet. Slowly brush or drizzle glaze over the top. The glaze will harden in 20 to ⏱️ 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
calories
315 kcal
fat Content
11 g
serving Size
1 muffin
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
37 g
sodium Content
150 mg
protein Content
4 g
trans Fat Content
0.1 g
cholesterol Content
57 mg
carbohydrate Content
50 g
saturated Fat Content
2 g
unsaturated Fat Content
9 g
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