Incredibly SOFT and MOIST, these gluten-free lemon poppy seed mini muffins will blow your mind! These muffins have a delicious bright lemony flavor topped with a thin coat of lemon sugar icing.
Celebrate the spring flowers and warm summer weather with moist and flavorful fruit-based desserts. My Gluten-Free Lemon Cupcake, Peach Cobbler with Biscuits,Lemon Blueberry Buttermilk Cake, and these Gluten Free Carrot Cake Cupcakes are deliciously wonderful ways to use up leftover produce and celebrate the season. Plus, as far as desserts go, these cupcakes are about as healthy as it gets!
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Trial and error for the best lemon poppy seed mini muffin recipe
This gluten-free lemon poppy seed muffins recipe comes as a result of a three-year trial. In fact the original recipe was published back in 2017 and looked nothing like this. At one point I gave up on the idea of putting a batch of muffins on the table and hoping no one will notice that they are gluten-free.
Gluten-free baking is hard. Actually, let me re-phrase this… BAKING is hard! I am not a baker by any means, I just love to experiment with it, and I failed more times than I succeeded 🙂 but in the midst of all my trials and errors I was able to make a few recipes work really great, like this gluten-free banana bread that I make all the time, or my gluten-free morning glory muffins and how about those gluten-free apple cider donuts, they are heavenly!!
Has it become an easy lemon poppy seed mini muffins experience?
They turned out absolutely perfect! Soft and moist on the inside with a golden crusty top and flavor in every bite. To this recipe I added a top layer of lemon sugar icing for a sweet tangy finish.
It is easier by the time I made another batch. Within two days of reaching the end point on this long trial, I found myself baking these GF lemon poppy seed mini muffins TWICE! My kids absolutely loved these muffins (and no, they could not tell they were gluten-free!), my parents grabbed a few and many of my kids’ friends came by to try my new muffin recipe too! (thanks to Instagram stories, they always see what I’m up to, lol).
I will leave you to the recipe now. Please feel free to email should you have any questions 🙂
Silvia
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Gluten-Free Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups 1-to-1 gluten-free flour*
- 3 tbsp poppy seeds, (reserve 1 tbsp)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 whole lemons, zested (reserve the lemons)
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 3 large eggs or 4 small
- 1/2 cup milk
- 6 tbsp lemon juice, about 2-3 lemons
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Sugar Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350F degrees. Line 2 muffin pans with paper muffin liners or place 18 silicone muffin cups on a baking sheet.
- In a stand mixer using the paddle attachment add in dry ingredients along wtih butter softened. That's the flour, baking powder, lemon zest, 2 tbsp poppy seeds and butter. Beat for 2-3 minutes until the crumbles start to stick. You are looking for a stichy sandy consistency here.
- Add eggs one at a time, then milk, lemon juice and vanila extract as you continue to run the mixer on medium low. Turn mixer to medium high and beat for about 1-2 minutes until mixture is creamy.
- Using an ice cream scooper fill each muffin cup with muffin batter almost all the way to the top (a little over 3/4 full).
- Bake for 22-24 minutes in the middle rack position of your oven. Look for a golden top with visible cracks. Transfer to a cooling rack and when ready, top wtih sugar icing and the reserved poppy seeds**
Sugar Icing
- In a small bowl add in sifted powdered sugar and lemon juice. Using a small whisk in a circular motion stir until fully combined. If the consistency is too thick and sticking to the whisk, add a few drops of lemon juice. Likewise, if its too runny/ liquidy, add a tbsp of sugar.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Yum! These sound delish and all the more adorable for being in miniature form!
Portion control, Lol… Thanks!
I love the look of these lemony muffins, so light and the texture looks just as perfect.
Light and Yummy 🙂 Thanks!
These lemon poppyseed muffins looks so fluffy and yummy!
Thanks a lot!
I love that you made these for yourself and they look so pretty. I can’t remember the last time I made muffins and they are so simple too. I really must make some soon. I think these need some serious sharing!
Totally made these for myself 🙂 Thanks Jacqueline!
Lemon poppy seed muffins have always been my favorite! Love that you added a glaze!
Thank you, glad you liked them!
I was searching for an interesting muffins recipe to make this week for my niece and I came across your recipe. Loved the idea of making lemon flavored cupcakes. Will be making it for sure. 🙂
Awesome! I hope you and your niece enjoy every bite!
Lemon and poppy seeds is such a fantastic flavour combination, isn’t it? The texture of these looks amazing. Thanks for sharing!
For sure! It’s definitely one of my favorites because it balances out the sweetness. Thanks so much for stopping by Katerina!
Just made these. They looked and tasted badly. I reread the recipe and see there was no sugar included in the batter. Could that be an omission? I await your reply. Thanks,
Hi Jill, there is a 1/2 cup sugar going into the recipe along with dry ingredients. My apologies that was left out, I have no clue how it was left out. My goodness, so sorry about that!
Silvia, How many calories per muffin? Thanks! La La
Hi Laura, I generated a nutritional label for this recipe with all the information, but the calorie count is 227 per muffin