Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 5 drops lemon oil
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 egg yolks or 2 whole eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk (or 3/4 cup milk and 1/4 c. plain yogurt)
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 2/3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons poppy seeds

Recipe

• 1 cream together butter, sugar, lemon oil or zest, and vanilla.
• 2 add egg yolks or eggs one at a time and beat well after each one.
• 3 in a small bowl, combine buttermilk or milk/yogurt, water, and lemon juice.
• 4 in a third bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and seeds.
• 5 alternately add dry ingredients and wet ingredients to butter mixture beginning and ending with dry.
• 6 spoon evenly into 24 muffin tins.
• 7 bake in preheated oven at 425 degrees for 7 minutes.
• 8 reduce oven heat to 325 degrees and bake for another 10-12 minutes or until the muffins spring back when touched on top.
• 9 remove from tins and cool on wire rack.