Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins by Reagan and lorrainesfav

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Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Submitted by reagan on October 27, 2009 at 10:35 am

This recipe was originally submitted by "lorrainesfav", dated 4/24/04. I really like this one, and when I use to make individually wrapped muffins and cinnamon rolls for the local grocery store and gas station, the lemon poppy seed muffin was a big winner. I had many request for this one.

1/2 cup unsalted butter
2 T. poppy seeds
1/4 cup honey
2 cups all purpose flour
1 T. baking powder
1 tsp. cardamom
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. lemon zest
1 cup low-fat milk
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. lemon extract
1 T. fresh lemon juice

Lemon Glaze:
1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 T. fresh lemon juice or 1 tsp. lemon extract
2 tsp. lemon zest
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Alternate Topping:
Combine 2 T. sugar and the zest of 1 lemon and sprinkle on the top of each muffin before baking

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line and spray 1 12-cup muffin pan.

In a medium bowl, microwave the butter, poppy seeds and honey for one minute. Whisk the mixture together so all the better melts. Set aside to cool and the poppy seeds get soft.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cardamom, sugar and lemon zest.
In a medium bowl whisk together the milk, eggs, vanilla and lemon extracts and fresh lemon juice and whisk in the cooled butter/poppy seed mixture until combined.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold together with a large rubber spatula, just until evenly moistened and smooth. Scrape the batter down to the bottom of the bowl to get all the batter incorporated.

Spoon the batter to the top of each muffin cup. Bake 15 - 18 minutes until golden brown and a tester comes out clean.

Cool 15 minutes in the pan and remove to a waxed paper lined tray.

Make the glaze. In a medium bowl, combine all the glaze ingredients and whisk into a pourable consistency. Add more lemon juice or water if necessary.

Drizzle over the warm muffins and let cool for 1 hour before serving.

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