Elise’s Lemon Poppy Seed muffin recipe has remained my absolute go to muffin recipe, three years and counting.
Some fun variations/substitutions I use in my weekly muffin making:
- + cutting the recipe in half, using only 1 cup of flour, 1/3 cup of sweet, and using a 1/3 cup scoop results in 6 “normal” sized muffins.
- + substituting half of the flour with either coconut flour, whole wheat, or buckwheat is a fun way to introduce yourself to new flour flavors.
- + I usually lower the amount of sugar to ~2/3 cup for a whole recipe, or 1/3 cup for a half recipe.
- + sprinkling special no-melt, stay crunchy, sugar on the top of the muffin before baking helps the sweet tooth when you have drastically reduced the sweetness of the muffin batter.
- + any oil can directly be subbed for the amount of butter: coconut oil, sunflower seed oil, olive oil, brown butter, combinations, etc.
- + direct substitution of mayonnaise (homemade natch) for the amount of fat takes care of the fat and egg recipe requirement.
- + adding two whole pulverized oranges (ala immersion blender) results in a wetter, almost custard like muffin.
- + honey can be directly substituted for the amount of sugar.
- + immersion blender style with fruit :
- Soak 2 cups of dried figs in hot water to cover overnight.
- Next day, coarsely chop up half of the figs to use as stir-ins to the batter.
- Add the remaining strained whole soaked figs to a mason jar with the recipe amounts for sugar, salt, fat, vanilla, egg and yogurt. Sip the strained fig water as a special muffin-making tea.
- Pulverize the mason jar contents with the immersion blender thoroughly.
- Pour into a bowl with your dry ingredients, chopped figs to stir in, walnuts, and orange zest.
Gently mix- not over mixing, and bake as directed.
I think you’ll like these as much as I do!
15 Comments
Thanks for the recommendation and suggestions… I’m always looking for good muffin recipes. This week’s strawberry-coconut muffins were not so hot, but last week I made some fantastic apple muffins with homemade ginger applesauce, topped with buckwheat streusel.
My god, I love muffins. And I am always looking for another good recipe. I usually base mine off of the Tassajara recipe, but yours look really good.
Hey, are you doing okay? It’s been a few months since you’ve surfaced with recipes. (Um…and yes, this is coming from a random person on the Internet. I’m just hoping you got super busy with work/won the lottery and are chillin’ at your new mansion/other happpy things.)
love this muffins
have a nice day
Delphine from France
I like the soaked dried figs idea, and even though I have a candy blog, I’m all for cutting down on the sugar, I think this can go really well.
Honey has worked for me, but I can’t get past not using butter and worry about the consistency when using oil instead.
I love trying new muffin recipes and also having tons of variations to work with. Thanks!
Recently came across your blog and liked the catchy title. I love lemon poppy seed muffins too. Maybe even with some blueberries in them. Keep cooking.
Paul
I love muffins so much it’s my favorite, I’m always looking for another muffin recipe. I think your muffin recipe really great…
WoW! That looks deliciously moist and well presented with the rustic looking china. Might as well enjoy it with a cup of tea for this New Year. Enjoy the season!
ditto…you’ve been missed! Welcome back!
Yum, these muffins look delicious! Lemon poppyseed muffins are my favorite!
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