These muffins are the perfect way to start your end-of-the-summer breakfast. The lemon poppy seed flavor gives you that familiar taste, and the lavender glaze takes it up a notch, creating a vibrant lemony, and floral taste.
The muffins in this recipe are moist and fluffy with a perfect crumb. Making these muffins requires more effort with zesting fresh lemons, but you will be satisfied with the results.
Highlight Ingredients:
LEMON: Please use fresh lemons; the pre-bottled lemon juice will not give you that bright lemony taste you want from a lemon poppyseed muffin. Plus, you need the lemon zest from fresh lemons, which will bring out the brightness in these muffins. You can zest the lemons using a microplane. Make sure you zest the lemons before you cut them!
AQUAFABA: This is the liquid from a can of chickpeas. I use aquafaba as an egg substitute for baking vegan cakes and muffins. It gives these muffins a light, fluffy texture and a soft crumb.
LAVENDER: I used lavender in the glaze for these muffins; it gives a lovely floral scent and taste. Lavender is a powerful ingredient; therefore, all you need is one teaspoon, use more, and it will start to taste like soap. Ensure you use culinary lavender suitable for cooking and baking; it will be more palatable.
Vegan Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins With Lavender Glaze
Vibrant lemon poppy seed muffins with a lavender glaze!
preheat the oven to 400° F and line a muffin tin with parchment liners.
Zest 2 lemons to get 2 Tablespoons of zest and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk the aquafaba with a handheld electric mixer for about 1 min until it gets foamy.
in a separate medium bowl, combine butter and sugar and mix with an electric mixer for 1-2 mins.
Add vanilla, milk, lemon juice, and lemon zest and mix well.
Mix in aquafaba to wet ingredients.
In a separate large bowl, whisk all the dry ingredients, flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and poppy seeds until well combined.
Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until all ingredients are combined. Do not overmix.
Evenly distribute batter into the liners.
Bake the muffins for 5 minutes at 400°F and then reduce the oven temperature to 350°F and bake for another 18-22 mins or until a fork inserted in the center of a muffin comes clean with no batter, but a few crumbs are okay.
While the muffins are baking, whisk all the glaze ingredients in a bowl and glaze the muffin tops once cooled.
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