Lemon Muffins

Submitted by Jen T

"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."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 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

1. Toss the 1st measure of sugar & flour together in a bowl.
2. Beat with a fork the melted butter, milk and egg until well combined.
3. Add the lemon zest & stir to mix .
4. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix carefully until just combined.
5. Spray 12 medium size muffin tins with non-stick spray and then divide mixture evenly between them.
6. Bake for 10 - 15 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius (depends on your oven).
7. Meanwhile stir together the 2nd measure of sugar and lemon juice without dissolving the sugar.
8. Pour over hot muffins as soon as they come out of the oven.
9. Leave for a couple of minutes but do not leave too long in tins as they may stick.
10. Enjoy.

Reviews

[Folk Dancer]

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.

 

[DoubleAs Mom]

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!!

 

[Latchy]

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.

 

[mazkundai]

I was very worried by the dry consistency of the mix before baking but it turned out to be quite a light and tasty muffin. I love the rough almost crunchy top, finished with the glaze - it was an instant hit with my family! I did 25 mins in my old gas stove though. I will definitely be baking these muffins again!

 

[Ammie S.]

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.