{"id":98,"date":"2008-03-31T10:47:28","date_gmt":"2008-03-31T16:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/31\/meyer-lemon-poppy-seed-muffins\/"},"modified":"2008-03-31T10:47:28","modified_gmt":"2008-03-31T16:47:28","slug":"meyer-lemon-poppy-seed-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/31\/meyer-lemon-poppy-seed-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been reading about Meyer Lemons for <em>months<\/em> now but never could find any at my local grocery store.\u00c2\u00a0 Every single Tuesday, I would scour the produce section with high hopes of spotting these special lemons, and every single Tuesday, I would pout a little as I moved on with the rest of my shopping, Meyer Lemon-less.\u00c2\u00a0 Everyone <em>else<\/em> was able to find them, why not <em>me<\/em>?\u00c2\u00a0 Well last Tuesday, my persistence paid off, and I snagged a bag of Meyer Lemons.\u00c2\u00a0 Meyer Lemons are slightly sweeter than regular lemons and more orange in color. \u00c2\u00a0 Since it took me so long to actually get my hands on some of these beauties, it took me almost all week to decide what to make with them.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not a huge fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/01\/glazed-lemon-cupcakes\/\">lemony baked goods<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 (Then why the search for the Meyer lemons, you ask?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, the fact that I couldn&#8217;t find them them only made me want them more&#8230;.).\u00c2\u00a0 I narrowed down a few recipes and let The Picky Apple decide.\u00c2\u00a0 He wanted lemon poppy seed muffins.\u00c2\u00a0 I opted to go with Dorie Greenspan&#8217;s recipe.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, I know, my blog is quickly becoming a shrine to Dorie, what with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/30\/perfect-party-cake\/\">Perfect Party Cake<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/18\/allspice-crumb-muffins\/\">Allspice Crumb Muffins<\/a> I&#8217;ve posted recently.\u00c2\u00a0 And there&#8217;ll be more recipes from her soon, since I&#8217;m now a part of <a href=\"http:\/\/tuesdayswithdorie.wordpress.com\/\">Tuesdays With Dorie<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 They&#8217;re<em> that good<\/em> though, so if you had to buy one baking book right now, it should be Dorie&#8217;s.\u00c2\u00a0 You won&#8217;t be sorry. \u00c2\u00a0 I certainly wasn&#8217;t sorry I used my Meyer Lemons in her recipe.\u00c2\u00a0 They turned out great, and I don&#8217;t even <em>like<\/em> lemon poppy seed.\u00c2\u00a0 The icing on top really makes them standout, so don&#8217;t even think about skipping it, as I almost did.\u00c2\u00a0 My one teeny tiny complaint about the recipe was that it called for the zest and juice of one lemon.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve voiced this complaint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/01\/glazed-lemon-cupcakes\/\">before<\/a>&#8211;I never know quite how much to use.\u00c2\u00a0 The Meyer Lemons were small, so I used two of them.\u00c2\u00a0 I probably could have added a little more, but the lemon-y icing solved that problem somewhat.\u00c2\u00a0 I sent them off to work this morning with The Picky Apple, and I&#8217;ve already received some good reviews.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/meyer-lemon-poppy-seed-muffins.jpg\" title=\"meyer-lemon-poppy-seed-muffins.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/meyer-lemon-poppy-seed-muffins.jpg\" alt=\"meyer-lemon-poppy-seed-muffins.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Meyer Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins<\/h4>\n<p>adapted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0618443363\/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&amp;m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;v=glance\">Baking From My Home to Yours<\/a>, by Dorie Greenspan<\/p>\n<p>Makes 12 Muffins<\/p>\n<p>For the Muffins:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2\/3 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>Grated zest and juice of 2 Meyer Lemons<\/li>\n<li>2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup sour cream (<strong>Picky Apple Note<\/strong>: I was running low on sour cream, so I used 1\/4 cup sour cream and 1\/2 cup low fat plain yogurt)<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted and cooled<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons poppy seeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the Icing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup confectioners&#8217; sugar, sifted<\/li>\n<li>2-3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Directions:<\/p>\n<p>Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.\u00c2\u00a0 Butter or spray the 12 molds in a regular-size muffin pan or fit the molds with paper muffin cups.\u00c2\u00a0 Alternatively, use a silicone muffin pan, which needs neither greasing nor paper cups.\u00c2\u00a0 Place the muffin pan on a baking sheet.<\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl, rub the sugar and lemon zest together with your fingertips until the sugar is moist and the fragrance of lemon strong.\u00c2\u00a0 Whisk in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.\u00c2\u00a0 In a large glass measuring cup or another bowl, whisk the sour cream, eggs, vanilla, lemon juice and melted buter together until well blended.\u00c2\u00a0 Pour the liquid ingredients over the dry ingredients and, with the whisk or a rubber spatula, gently but quickly stir to blend.\u00c2\u00a0 Don&#8217;t worry about being thorough&#8211; a few lumps are better than overmixing the batter.\u00c2\u00a0 Stir in the poppy seeds.\u00c2\u00a0 Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups.<\/p>\n<p>Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until the tops are golden and a thin knife inserted into the center of the muffins comes out clean\u00c2\u00a0 Transfer the pan to a rack and cool for 5 minutes before carefully removing each muffin from its mold.\u00c2\u00a0 Cool the muffins completely on the rack before icing them.<\/p>\n<p>To make the icing: Put the confectioners&#8217; sugar in a small bowl and add about 1 1\/2 tablespoons of the lemon juice.\u00c2\u00a0 Stir with a spoon to moisten the sugar, then add enough lemon juice, a dribble at a time, to get an icing that is then enough to drizzle from the tip of the spoon.\u00c2\u00a0 You can then drizzle lines of icing over the tops of the muffins or coat the tops entirely, the btter to get an extra zap of lemon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/31\/meyer-lemon-poppy-seed-muffins\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been reading about Meyer Lemons for months now but never could find any at my local grocery store.\u00c2\u00a0 Every single Tuesday, I would scour the produce section with high hopes of spotting these special lemons, and every single Tuesday, I would pout a little as I moved on with the rest of my shopping, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breakfast","category-muffins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}