Best 5 Fresh Lemon Muffins Recipes

FRESH CHERRY LEMON MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 2 muffin tins with paper liners.
• Mix oats, 1/3 cup sugar, lemon juice, wheat germ, water, and lemon zest together in a small bowl.
• Mix cherries with 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl.
• Combine remaining 2/3 cup sugar, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and ginger in a large bowl. Stir in oat mixture. Mix in yogurt, eggs, oil, and butter until batter is thick and smooth.
• Fold cherries into the batter. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops start to brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.

FRESH LEMON AND GINGER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°; grease muffin cups or use foil or paper baking cups.
• Finely chop the ginger; finely grate the lemon peel so you have 2 tablespoons.
• In a big bowl, beat butter and 1 cup sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time; add ginger and lemon peel.
• Stir baking soda into yogurt or buttermilk; it will start to bubble and rise up.
• Fold flour into ginger mixture one third at a time, alternately with the yogurt.
• When well blended, scoop into muffin cups; bake 18-20 minutes, or until lightly browned and springy to the touch.
• While the muffins bake, mix lemon juice and the 2 tablespoons sugar in a small dish; stir until sugar dissolves.
• When muffins are baked, remove from oven and let cool 3-5 minutes in pan.
• Remove from pan and dip top and bottom in the lemon juice and sugar mixture.

MEYER LEMON AND FRESH CRANBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat over to 400 degrees. Oil a muffin tin or used paper liners. Mix together the first five ingredients in a large bowl.
• In a smaller bowl, combine the remaining ingredients until the cranberries are coated in the flour mixture.
• Add the dry ingredients into the wet and combine until just blended. Drop by spoonful into muffin tim until each tin is 3/4 full of batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

FRESH LEMON MUFFINS

Steps:

• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs; stir in lemon rind and juice.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture.
• Spoon batter into greased muffin pans (or an ungreased non-stick pan you trust), filling 2/3 full.
• Combine 2 Tbsp sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over batter.
• Bake at 375F for 15 minutes.
• Remove from pans immediately to cool.

FRESH LEMON MUFFINS

Steps:

• Cream butter, gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in lemon and juice. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Spoon batter into greased minature (1 3/4") muffin pans, filling two-thirds full. Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle evernly ofer each muffin. Pat mixture into batter gently. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. (if muffin pans are 2" bake for 17 minutes - will make 2 dozen).