Easy Lemon Poppyseed Muffins Recipe - Cooking Classy (2024)

Published March 2, 2014. Updated August 26, 2019

TheseLemon Poppy Seed Muffinsare topped with a simple lemon glaze. They’re ultra moist and fluffy, and make for a delicious snack or breakfast!

Easy Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

Here’s breakfast at its best — or at least close to it! I absolutely love poppy seed muffins, both lemon and almond poppy seed. I already have an almond poppy seed muffin recipeposted so I think it’s time for the lemon version.

These homemade muffins are abundantly bursting with fresh lemon flavor, and the poppy seeds add that mellow hint of unique flavor. I made this recipe to yield deliciously moist and soft muffins, because that’s the way every muffin should be.

Be sure to add the lemon glaze to the warm muffins because it allows the glaze to slightly absorb into the muffin and just gives the muffin tops the best flavor and texture — it might leave you wishing the muffin was just made up of two muffin tops!

You could just do what my kids do and eat the muffin tops only and save the bottoms for someone else :). They didn’t do that with these though, they ate the entire thing and wanted more.

I simply couldn’t resist having two. Normally I’m better at restraining myself because I’m always surrounded by sweets so I try not to constantly over-indulge, but with these I just couldn’t.I hope you find these hard to resist too!

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins Ingredients

For the muffins, you’ll need:

• All-purpose flour
• Poppy seeds
• Baking powder and baking soda
• Salt
• Granulated sugar
• Unsalted butter
• Vegetable oil
• Lemon zest and juice
• Eggs
• Vanilla extract
• Milk
• Sour cream

And for the lemon glaze, you’ll need:

• Lemon juice
• Powdered sugar

How to Make Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

• In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
• In a separate bowl, beat butter, sugar, lemon zest and 1 tablespoon oil.
• Add remaining oil to butter mixture, followed by the eggs, egg yolk and vanilla.
• In a liquid measuring cup, whisk together milk, sour cream and lemon juice.
• Fold wet and dry ingredients into the butter mixture, then divide batter among muffin cups.
• Bake until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• Once muffins have cooled slightly, make lemon glaze and drizzle over muffins.

Can I Freeze These Muffins?

Yes, these muffins freeze well. To freeze these lemon poppy seed muffins, let them cool to room temperature before sealing them in a freezer bag. You may want to wait to drizzle on the lemon glaze until you’re ready to eat the frozen muffins.

Can I Add Extra Lemon Zest to These Muffins?

Yes, adding more lemon zest would be fine. Just don’t add extra lemon juice, otherwise the batter may be too runny.

Tips for the Best Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

• You need to beat the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, otherwise your muffins won’t be as light as mine.
• I like large muffins, so I divided the muffin batter between 12 muffin cups. For smaller muffins, divide the batter between 15 muffin cups.
• You can use any dairy milk you’d like in this recipe, but the higher the fat percentage the moister these muffins will be.

More Lemon Poppy Seed Recipes You’ll Love:

• Lemon Poppy Seed Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
• Lemon Poppy Seed Ricotta Cookies
• Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes with Lemon Syrup
• Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
• Petit Lemon Poppy Seed Scones
• Baked Lemon Poppy Seed Doughnuts