Glazed Lemon Muffins Recipes

GLAZED LEMON BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk, lemon juice and zest. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in blueberries., Fill paper-lined regular-size muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in muffin comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack., In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, butter and vanilla; drizzle over warm muffins. Freeze option: Freeze cooled muffins in freezer containers. To use, thaw at room temperature or, if desired, microwave each muffin on high for 20-30 seconds or until heated through.

GLAZED LEMON-CRUMB MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 jumbo or 24 regular-size nonstick muffin cups. In small bowl, mix topping ingredients with fork until crumbly; set aside.
• In large bowl, mix 4 cups flour, the baking soda and 1 teaspoon salt. In another large bowl, beat eggs with electric mixer on medium speed about 2 minutes or until frothy. Add 2 cups granulated sugar and the oil; beat until creamy. Add sour cream, lemon peel, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, the lemon extract and vanilla; mix well. Stir in flour mixture just until blended. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full. Divide crumb topping evenly over batter in each muffin cup.
• Bake jumbo muffins 22 to 28 minutes, regular-size muffins 20 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely.
• In small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until well blended. Drizzle over muffins.

GLAZED LEMON BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners.
• Stir flour, sugar, 1 tablespoon lemon zest, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg together in a large bowl.
• Whisk buttermilk, oil, eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla extract together in a medium bowl. Stir into the flour mixture until just moistened. Fold in blueberries. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling them about 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer muffins onto a wire rack to cool for about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine confectioners' sugar, butter, hot water, vanilla extract, and remaining zest in a medium bowl. Whisk to combine.
• Dip cooled muffin tops in glaze. Cool until glaze firms up, about 10 minutes. Dip muffins a second time.

GLAZED LEMON MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease (or line with muffin papers) a 12-cup muffin pan and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, whisk the buttermilk, oil, lemon juice, lemon extract, sugar and eggs until just combined (do not over beat). Using a wooden spoon, fold in the flour mixture in a few swift strokes to form a smooth batter.
• Divide the batter into the 12 muffin tins.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until the muffins are lightly golden around the edges and a wooden pick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• While the muffins are baking, prepare the lemon glaze by stirring the sugar into the lemon juice until all the sugar crystals are completely dissolved; stir in the lemon zest.
• Remove the muffins from the oven and let cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove them from the muffin pan and brush them generously with the lemon glaze. Allow them to sit at room temperature to cool completely and soak the lemon glaze.
• Makes 12 muffins.

LEMON POPPYSEED MUFFINS WITH LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper muffin liners.
• Whisk flour, white sugar, lemon zest, poppy seeds, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Beat buttermilk, sour cream, vegetable oil, and egg together in another bowl. Pour buttermilk mixture into flour mixture and stir until batter is just combined. Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes.
• While muffins are cooling, whisk confectioners' sugar and lemon juice together in a bowl until glaze is smooth. Drizzle glaze over muffins.

GLAZED LEMON STREUSEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, yogurt, butter, lemon peel and lemon juice.
• Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix, just until moistened. Let batter rest for 5 minutes.
• Grease or paper line muffin cups and fill the cups 3/4 full.
• In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar and butter. Using your hands or a pastry blender, mix until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the streusel over the batter.
• Bake muffins at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes and remove onto a wire rack.
• Mix together the powdered sugar and enough lemon juice to make a thin glaze. Drizzle over warm muffins.

GINGERBREAD MUFFINS WITH LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• For gingerbread muffins:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly butter 16 standard (1/3-cup) muffin cups. Whisk flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt in medium bowl to blend.
• Using electric mixer, beat unsalted butter and sugar in large bowl to blend. Add large eggs and beat to blend. Beat in light molasses. Add half of dry ingredients, beating until blended. Beat in remaining dry ingredients. Gradually add 1 1/3 cups cold water and beat until incorporated. Divide batter equally among 16 prepared muffin cups.
• Bake gingerbread until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool 10 minutes. Remove muffins from pan and place on rack over sheet of foil.
• For lemon glaze:
• Whisk powdered sugar and lemon juice in small bowl until smooth. Spoon lemon glaze over tops of warm muffins, using about 1 tablespoon glaze for each.
• Serve muffins warm with whipped cream, if desired, or at room temperature.