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Lemon poppy seed muffins

Name: Lemon poppy seed muffins
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 3/4 cup for the batter 1/2 cup powdered for the glaze sugar; 2 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); a pinch salt; 2 tbsp poppy seeds (white poppy seeds); 2 zest only lemon; 3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 2 egg; 1/2 cup cooking oil (vegetable oil); 4 tbsp divided lemon juice

Tender, zesty muffins freckled with khus khus and glazed with lemon. Sunshine you can hold.

45 minTime

4 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

249kcal

4 gprotein

1 gfibre

45minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups

Sugar¾ cup for the batter, 1/2 cup powdered for the glaze

Baking powder2 tsp

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)½ tsp

Salta pinch

Poppy seeds (white poppy seeds)2 tbsp

Lemon2, zest only

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)¾ cup plus 2 tbsp

Egg2

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)½ cup

Lemon juice4 tbsp, divided

Method

5 steps

1Heat the oven to 190°C and line a 12 hole muffin tin. Rub the lemon zest into 3/4 cup sugar with your fingers.
2Whisk the maida, baking powder, baking soda, salt and poppy seeds in a bowl.
3Whisk the lemon sugar, curd, eggs, oil and 2 tbsp lemon juice until smooth. Fold into the dry ingredients until just combined.
4Divide among the cases and bake 18 to 20 minutes until risen and golden.
5Cool 10 minutes. Mix the powdered sugar with the remaining lemon juice and drizzle over the muffins.

Serve it like this

Stack a few muffins on a plate with lemon slices beside them and a drizzle of glaze running down the sides.

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Lemon poppy seed muffins

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