Today I decided to bake these delicious Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins with a Lemon Glaze to cheer up a family friend. These turned out really well, however, there were some modifications that I need to do to make the batter similar to that of a typical muffin batter. I ended up needing to add 2 extra tbsps of butter to the batter, as it was really dry before the addition. I used regular/full fat balkan plain/original yogurt, as the grocery store I went to only had that or greek yogurt. Fortunately, it worked out fairly well texture-wise. The glaze really did make a difference and since I dint have coarse sugar I just sprinkled a little bit of plain sugar on top for sweetness more than anything else since I knew it would just melt from the warmth of the muffins and glaze. The glaze takes a while but it's definitely worth it and I used a brush/spatula to spread it on top. The glaze firms up after awhile, so you need to work fairly quickly to ensure that it doesn't stick to the pot. Make sure to over-mix the batter, but also mix it enough so that no flour is left over, I know this sounds ambiguous and tedious but if it's over or under mixed it becomes tough or flour-y. I used muffin/cupcake tins but you could also just use butter/flour the pan. I just did it because it's easier to package. I filled the muffins about 3/4 full and it took about 23min for the regular sized muffins and 15min for the mini muffins. The recipe ended up making 12 regular sized muffins and 11 mini muffins. The recipe has enough freshly squeezed lemon juice for the glaze but not if you include it into the batter, which I did, so I ended up using some lemon juice I had bought previously. Overall, this recipe turned out fairly well but unfortunately I had to re-write this post 6 times since Wix wasn't saving my post properly sigh. Hopefully this post is useful or entertaining in some capacity and happy baking :)
Here is the link to the recipe: a-kitchen-addiction.com
