This recipe is adapted from one I found online at Stephanies Kitchen… it’s a great combination of sweet and tart! Perfect for a lemon muffin! These muffins are more dense than the average muffin – they could almost pass for a dessert. Make sure you do the streusel and glaze – it really makes the recipe. Enjoy!
Lemon Streusel Muffins
submitted by Brittany
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 Tb grated lemon peel
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 Tb grated lemon peel
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
For the streusel:
3 Tb flour
3 Tb sugar
1 Tb cold butter
3 Tb flour
3 Tb sugar
1 Tb cold butter
For the glaze:
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 Tb fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 Tb fresh lemon juice
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, yogurt, butter, lemon peel and lemon juice. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix, just until moistened. Let batter rest for 5 minutes. Grease or paper line muffin cups and fill the cups 3/4 full.
In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar and butter. Using your hands or a pastry blender, mix until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the streusel over the batter.
In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar and butter. Using your hands or a pastry blender, mix until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the streusel over the batter.
Bake muffins at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes and remove onto a wire rack.
Mix together the powdered sugar and enough lemon juice to make a thin glaze. Drizzle over warm muffins.
*this makes 12 muffins. Don’t be afraid to double it though – it works great.
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Darn, I just used up my lemon. I’ll just have to go get more to try this yummy recipe!
These look sooooo yummy!!! I love muffins, and I LOVE lemon!!! Will definitely be making these soon!!! Thanks!!!
I love lemon!! These look incredible!
I love anything lemon thanks for sharing. Your mom trained you well.
I love these, they look so good!! Who doesn’t love lemon!!
They do look yummy, sis!
Oh I love lemon! I will have to try these out!
i went to make these muffins and noticed a mistake. in the ingredients you list baking powder, but in the directions it says baking soda. help!!!
i need the answer asap!
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It is baking powder. My husband and I loved these!! I froze half of them for latter in the week and they were still yummy!!
I made these and they were very good, but I don't think they have nearly enough baking powder. My muffins didn't rise up at all so they were pretty dense and flat. Does humidity effect how much they rise? Should I be using more baking powder because I live in a humid place? I have a recipe for another type of muffin that uses the same amount of flour as this one and 1.5 tsp baking powder and they always rise up perfect. I also increased the amount of fresh lemon juice in the muffin to 2 Tbl and the lemon flavor was just perfect.
Thanks for the recipe!