However your day is going today, it’s about to get better. I can confidently say these lemon muffins are some of the best you will ever taste. Follow the recipe exactly, weigh your ingredients and you’ll be enjoying these soft, tender muffins in no time.
These delightful muffins are perfect for breakfast, brunch or an anytime snack. I love enjoying one with a cup of strawberry or chamomile tea.
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Ingredients
Muffins
- 2 1/4 cups (10 1/8 oz or 289g) all purpose flour, sifted
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 3/4 cup (6 oz or 170g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup (7 oz or 198g) sugar
- Zest of 2 medium lemons
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon pure lemon extract
- 1 cup (8 oz or 227g) sour cream, room temperature
Icing
- 1 cup (4 oz or 113g) powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 2-3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
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Instructions
Muffins
- Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Line a 12-serving muffin pan with tulip baking liners.* (You can also use standard muffin liners. They hold less batter so you may end up with a couple of extra muffins.)
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar and lemon zest, with an electric mixer, until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time and beat until well combined.
- Add extracts and beat until combined.
- On low speed, mix in flour mixture in two additions, alternating with half of sour cream after each addition. Mix just until combined. Batter will be thick.
- Divide batter evenly into muffin liners. (If using standard muffin liners, fill 3/4 full.)
- Bake at 375ºF for 5 minutes. Turn the oven heat down to 350ºF and continue baking the muffins until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 12-16 more minutes. Do not over bake.
- Transfer muffins to a cooling rack to cool completely. Brush icing onto muffin tops with a small pastry brush.
Icing
- Whisk the powdered sugar, melted butter, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice together until smooth. Add additional lemon juice until your desired consistency is reached.
Recipe Notes
*To find  tulip muffin liners, click here.
To find floral tulip muffin liners, click here.
I love lemon everything so could I use almond
flour or coconut flour instead?
Hi Deborah, almond flour and coconut flour will give the muffins a completely different texture. If you want to avoid wheat flour, it’s best to use a recipe that is specifically created for the type of flour you prefer to use. There are one to one gluten free flours that are designed to replace wheat flour, however I haven’t tested gluten free flour in this recipe so I can’t guarantee the results.
My stepson loves lemon desserts so I was really excited when I came across your recipe! I was really hopeful that it would go well and he would be happy with it as his birthday cake. It turned out great. I exchanged the sour cream with cream cheese, lemon juice, and milk (since I was out of sour cream), and made it as a loaf cake.
This will definitely be one of our go to desserts from now on!
Hi Elizabeth Joy! I’m glad it worked out for you. Thanks for stopping by to let me know!
i made these using oranges and they turned out fantastic !! so fluffy and delicious đŸ˜€
Hi Tam, orange sounds delicious. I’m so glad you enjoyed the muffins.