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Yet we meet again, lovely people! I hope you're hanging there strong and more positive than ever!
On that note, today I'm sharing these easy lemon muffins with lemon glaze, perhaps they can bring more smiles to your day.
If you like lemon cakes, you should check out our lemon loaf cake and lemon blueberry cake with cream cheese frosting.
Let's get started, shall we?
The Texture & Taste
These beauties are scrumptious! I don't mean to be biased but oh well, perhaps I am and I don't mind it at all. Haha!
They are super fluffy and moist. Yeah, we don't approve of dense muffins over here, no way!
The lemon taste is just soaring through like in my no-bake lemon cheesecake, and oh it's so delicious. Every bite is so satisfying!
The lemon glaze brings everything together up one notch. Make it, don't skip it, please. You won't regret it.
Easy As ABC
This is one of the easiest muffins, like our raspberry and white chocolate muffins. All you need to do is mix and whisk by hand. No fancy machines are required.
You'll notice your whole house will smell like citrus heaven even as you're preparing the ingredients. Yes, the whole house, not only the kitchen. So imagine when these babies are baked in the oven. Oh la la!
Behind-the-scenes story.
I decided to make these muffins since I have 2 precious lemons left in the fridge. Yeah, everything is precious these days.
Once I put them in the oven, Marco and I thought Hey, it'd be beautiful if we sprinkle some lemon zest on top of the glaze, right? In half a second, I remembered that Oh snap! But I used all the zest already!
Then Marco said, Ok will call his mother to see if she has any and if we can borrow some. The good thing is his parents just live next door. Haha! And good thing that she had some also. 2 and a half to be precise.
Yea later during that day we gave back her lemons, skin off. Haha!
You got to do what you got to do, right?
Anyway.
Give this super easy recipe a try and let me know what you think.
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Hungry For More?
Check these out:
- Lemon Loaf Cake
- No-bake Lemon Cheesecake
- Lemon Almond Cake
- Super Easy Lemon Yogurt Cake
- Quick 3 Ingredients Lemon Mousse
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Easy Lemon Muffins (With Lemon Glaze)
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Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 ½ cup all purpose flour (325 g)
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- ¾ cup sugar (150 g)
- ⅓ cup oil (80 ml)
- 1 cup plain full fat Greek yogurt (250 g), room temperature
- 2 large eggs , room temperature
- zest of 2 lemons
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Lemon Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar (120 g), sifted
- 2-3 tablespoon lemon juice , or as needed
Instructions
Dry Ingredients
- Mix everything in a bowl, set aside.
Wet Ingredients
- Add everything into another bowl. Mix everything well using a hand whisk.
- Now add in dry ingredients and mix everything together, do not over mix. Batter will be thick. Using a 3 tablespoon ice cream scoop, divide batter into greased muffin pans.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350ºF (175ºC) on lower ⅔ rack, for 23 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave for 5 minutes. Use the tip of a knife and run it all around, to help release the muffins from the pans. Cool completely before glazing.
Lemon Glaze
- Add powdered sugar into a bowl and pour lemon juice bit by bit while mixing everything using a spatula. Add lemon juice as needed until you get your desired consistency.
- Dip the muffins top, one at a time, into the glaze, letting the excess glaze drips off. Place on a rack. Sprinkle with some lemon zest. Serve!
Rachel Macdonald says
10/10! My family absolutely loved these! Definitely will be remaking. My comment is that they were not as fluffy as muffins, they almost tasted more like scones. But the flavour is very delicious regardless. Thank you!
Bea & Marco says
Thank you so much, Rachel, we’re so happy your family loved them!
If they turned out more like scones in texture, it might be due to slight overmixing or maybe a bit too much flour (it can happen if the flour was packed when measured). Muffins need a light hand—just mixing until everything’s barely combined helps keep them fluffy.
That said, we’re so glad you still enjoyed the flavor, and thanks a lot for the lovely feedback!
Misha says
my family loved the muffins they were tender and delicious and we finished them all!!! thank you for sharing and I will try more of your recipes!
Bea & Marco says
Yay! I'm excited to hear that. We have more muffins and lemon recipes, do check them out. Thanks, Misha!
Meredith says
Can I use full day buttermilk in lieu of yogurt? Thanks!
Bea says
I haven't tried it but somebody told me they did and it worked fine also. Hope it helps!
Noha says
Hey! Can you tell me how many tablespoons the zest of 2 lemons make? Cause my lemons are way smaller than yours😅 Also can I use sour cream instead of greek yogurt?
Bea says
You can use around 2 tbsp of lemon zest. And yes, sour cream is totally fine. Hope it helps 🙂
Jess says
What kind of sugar for the muffins?
Bea says
It's granulated sugar 🙂
Joanna says
Hi there! These muffins look lovely! 😀
But may I know this recipe would yield how many muffins and can I use the normal plain yogurt instead of Greek yogurt? Will the amount be still the same?
Bea says
Hi! This recipe yields 16 muffins. You can, but just know that the texture will be different due to the different amount of fat content. Hope it helps!
Elly says
Can i oMit the yoghurt?
Bea says
No, you'd need it. Sorry though.
Shirley Jenner says
Lockdown May 2020 Cape Town... Made these today, came out perfectly. Added a sprinkle of mint to the topping as well as the lemon peel. So, good!!
Bea says
You're on lockdown baking Shirley 😀 ! I'm happy that you liked them, thank you!