Lemon Muffins With Icing

Name: Lemon Muffins With Icing
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12 muffins, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup sugar; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 large eggs; 1 1/4 cups milk; 1/2 cup butter, melted; 1 tablespoon lemon zest; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

Submitted by mwestcott

"Credit to Peggy Sharpe of Collierville, TN. From Southern Living magazine. Recipe calls for lemon zest, but I used lemon juice instead."

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 10
Yields:: 12 muffins
Serves:: 12

ingredients

Muffins
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 ¹⁄₄ cups milk
¹⁄₂ cup butter, melted
1 tablespoon lemon zest
Icing
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons lemon juice

directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly grease a 12-cup muffin pan.
Combine all dry ingredients (except lemon zest) in a large bowl.
Whisk all liquid ingredients, plus the lemon zest (or lemon juice), in a medium bowl.
Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture in the large bowl, and mix until the dry ingredients are moistened.
Fill each cup in the muffin pan about 2/3 full.
Bake for 25-30 minutes.
For the icing, combine the confectioner sugar and lemon juice in a bowl and drizzle over warm muffins.