Community Pick
Lemon Muffins
"A nice light lemon flavoured muffin that is good to have for morning or afternoon tea, or, as a dessert served with some whipped cream and maybe some fresh berries."
photo by Jen T
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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12 muffins
ingredients
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 75 g butter, melted
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 large lemon, zest of
- 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
directions
- Toss the 1st measure of sugar & flour together in a bowl.
- Beat with a fork the melted butter, milk and egg until well combined.
- Add the lemon zest & stir to mix .
- Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix carefully until just combined.
- Spray 12 medium size muffin tins with non-stick spray and then divide mixture evenly between them.
- Bake for 10 - 15 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius (depends on your oven).
- Meanwhile stir together the 2nd measure of sugar and lemon juice without dissolving the sugar.
- Pour over hot muffins as soon as they come out of the oven.
- Leave for a couple of minutes but do not leave too long in tins as they may stick.
- Enjoy.
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Reviews
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This is a wonderful light muffin, and it is very forgiving. When I made it I made two mistakes, one involving the melted butter and cold milk, the other was reading the temperature incorrectly. It didn't matter, I adjusted the temperature after cooking for 10 minutes, cooked it a little longer and it turned out fine. I will try this again with limes and also with oranges. -
Very good muffin. The lemon flavor was just enough and not too overpowering which I liked. I didn't have self-rising flour, so I used all purpose and added 3 tsp. baking powder and just under 1 tsp. of salt. And for those of you who are unsure, 75 mg of butter is 5 TBSP. and I baked at 350 Farenheit for 20 minutes. Will make this again!! -
Great muffins, I have found one that I actually like and that is not to sweet. Must admit I only used 1/2 cup sugar in the recipe. A very easy and quickly put together recipe as well. I added some cinamon to the lemon and sugar that was poured over the muffins. Will make this again. -
Easy and yummy recipe. I reduced sugar to 0.5 cup and 2 tbsp respectively, and it still tasted great! I plan to make them again, and this time with honey instead of sugar. -
this recipe is a bad recipe that somebody put online they are very dense like a hockey puck not anything like a muffin, I say that nobody should try this recipe because they are very dry and do not taste or look anything like a muffin. I had to throw them out after I made them.
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Tweaks
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Made them, they were the lightest and fluffiest muffins I've ever made. Absolutely delicious!!
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Easy and yummy recipe. I reduced sugar to 0.5 cup and 2 tbsp respectively, and it still tasted great! I plan to make them again, and this time with honey instead of sugar.
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Started to make this but in the end, did not use the topping. I used all the zest and juice of the lemon in the batter and used oil instead of butter. (no use of the last 1/4 cup sugar) I had all purpose flour so added 2 tsp baking powder and 1 tsp soda with 1/4 tsp salt. I put 2 pecan halves on the tops. Baked 15 minutes. Not too bad. Easy!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jen T
New Zealand
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