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lemon poppy seed muffin with zest on top

Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin (Vegan)

Akshita
Hey! It's muffin time! Treat yourself to a delicious airy lemon poppy seed muffin. Cover the muffin top with lemon glaze for an extra kick!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Breakfast
Servings 12 muffins

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Muffin

Lemon Glaze

  • 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 2-3 tsp Lemon juice

Instructions
 

Making the muffins

  • Preheat the oven to 375 F
  • In a small bowl or container, take the almond milk. Add the vinegar to prepare the buttermilk solution. Mix and keep aside for 5 minutes to curdle
  • In a large bowl, add sugar, oil, lemon juice and lemon zest. Mix everything. Add the buttermilk solution to this and mix well.
  • In a separate bowl, add in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and poppy seeds. Whisk till well combined.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, little by little. Mix until the batter is evenly wet and all ingredients are well incorporated.
  • Grease a muffin pan lightly with butter. Scoop out the batter and fill the muffin pan* with each mold being filled up to 2/3rd.
  • Bake for 18 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean
  • Let the muffins cool to room temperature in the pan itself. Use a butter knife to help release the muffins from the pan.

Making the lemon glaze

  • Add the powdered sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl
  • Whisk it well to get a thick glaze
  • Pour it on to the muffin top.

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Notes

TIPS :
  • While mixing the batter, make sure you do not overmix. Overmixing can cause development of too much gluten, which in turn creates a thick muffin.
  • Measuring the flour, as simple of a task as it may seem, actually has an impact on how your bake turns out. The ideal way to take flour is by using a spoon to scoop out flour little by little and add it into a measuring cup. Use a knife to level it out
  • Give the vegan muffins time to cool off to room temperature before removing them from the muffin pan. Muffins come off easily from the pan when its cooled, else there is a chance the muffin might stick to the pan and become a mess.
Keyword lemon, lemon poppy seed muffin, muffin, poppy seed, vegan
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