Description
Super lemony muffins made with lemon juice and lemon yogurt. A delicious twist on the traditional muffin recipe! For an old-fashioned alternative to the icing, simply dust confectioner’s sugar lightly over muffins. Either way, they are delicious!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter or margarine, softened
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup lemon flavored yogurt
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest, or to taste
- 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin tins
- or line with paper liners.
- In a large bowl
- cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time
- then stir in the lemon yogurt
- lemon juice
- and lemon zest. Combine the flour
- baking soda
- salt
- cinnamon
- ginger
- and nutmeg; stir into the lemon mixture until just blended. Spoon batter into the prepared tins.
- Bake for 15 to 18 minutes in the preheated oven
- or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Allow the muffins to cool for about 15 minutes before removing them from the pan.
- Place the confectioners’ sugar in a small bowl. Stir in the lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon at a time until the mixture is drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cooled muffins
- and allow the icing to set before serving.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Servings: 24