This recipe is from Williams Sonoma, but I tweaked it by adding a lemon glaze and more lemon to the batter. You will love these muffins, they’re light, lemony, and yummy!
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg – I omitted this
2 eggs
2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 cup milk
6 Tbs. (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 Tbs. finely grated lemon zest
I added the juice of a lemon to the batter, as well as the zest
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
Directions:
Prepare the muffin pan
Preheat an oven to 425°F. Line 12 standard muffin cups with paper liners. (I didn’t have liners, I just sprayed the muffin tins with Pam, it worked fine
Mix the batter
In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.
In another bowl, whisk together the eggs and brown sugar until blended. Whisk in the milk, butter and lemon zest. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and, using a rubber spatula, stir until just evenly moistened. Gently fold in the raspberries until just evenly distributed.
Bake the muffins
Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them three-fourths full. Bake until the muffins are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes, then turn the muffins out onto the rack. Let cool briefly and serve. Makes 12 muffins.
Note: I filled the muffin tins almost full, and used 12 tins. It worked great filling the tins completely, they crowned nicely and didn’t run over the edges.
Lemon Glaze
1 cup of sifted confectioner’s sugar
1 Tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
Lemon zest from the rind
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 Tablespoon milk
Put all ingredients in food processor and process until thin consistency. You want to spoon this on the muffins while they are warm, and let it run down the sides. You may have to adjust, adding a bit more milk if your glaze is too thick.
I put the muffins on a cookie drying rack that sits on paper towel, so that the excess just runs off.
These are such good muffins, perfect for a summer breakfast with fresh fruit.
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