Comments on: Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

By: TaraTakesTheCake

TaraTakesTheCake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:57:57 +0000

made these yesterday and they came out well, but not a home run. not a strong enough lemon flavor for me in the muffins themselves (although the delicious glaze saved them in that department), browned butter taste didnt come through at all, and mine were also (like the last poster) slightly tough. My batter was fairly dry, despite having used an extra half lemon. I think next time I will go with buttermilk instead of the sour cream (all I had on hand) and up the liquids slightly making it easier to stir together.

a good base, but for me needs some tweaking.

thanks for keeping up one of my favorite blogs!

By: Hettar7

Hettar7 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:42:40 +0000

Just made these yesterday. They have a really good really lemony flavor. I think I overmixed my batter a mite though as they were a little dense. Muffins should not be badass tough guys, they should be light on their feet sissy boys. But alas, I can never seem to restrain the muffin mixing hand. I loved the flavor of the brown butter, but I didn’t taste it in the muffins. Have you made this with just plain melted butter? Is there a discernible difference? Just wondering. I’m going to try these again and try, try, try to not overmix them. At least that’s the only thing I can think that I did “wrong”. If you can call any sort of muffin wrong.

Love your blog, btw.

By: Corinne

Corinne — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:02:08 +0000

FYI, I made these thinking I could just butter and flour the muffin tins, but alas… they still would not break free, so I ended up with 12 beautiful muffin tops, and 12 sad little bottoms stuck in the pan… *pout

I know better next time, and will line with cupcake liners…

By: karin freeman

karin freeman — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:25:39 +0000

I made this, they are good. I felt you are a wee bit heavy on the butter, so I am going to make it again using two T less, and increasing the flour to 2 and 3/4. Also I was using myer lemons that were ripe and I couldn’t get a decent zest. I think I’ll freeze it. Nice pictures, descent presentation. Would you like to know how they turn out with changes? K

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:36:33 +0000

I love to bake… so I was digging thru my spice cupboard and spied poppy seeds. Bought back when I was married? So… 2003? (cringe) lol! So I went searching for a lemon poppy seed something, and these were what I found.

Yum. They’re sublime and I totally agree, extra icing takes the cake. Thank you!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:12:45 +0000

Oh my god, how did I miss this post?!

Adding this to the growing pile of baking I am planning (key word) on doing this week, yummmm.

There was a local cafe I always lunched at in high school that made ginormous lemon poppy seed muffins with extra big tops… and sometimes they would have lemon curd centers, but not always. Hmmmm….

By: Cassie Allan

Cassie Allan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:16:27 +0000

Oh Joy I finally made these muffins! Amazing and I think my new fav!!! They disapeared in an afternoon. They are such a light treat to eat as it is shaping up for another hot Christmas here in Australia.
My poor boyfriend was so upset that I didnt make enough for him to take to work and share…oh well will just have to make them again! Thanks for such inspiring tasty delights. You have inspired me to get into the kitchen more often. I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas! xxoo Cass

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:23:12 +0000

I just discovered your blog today, and I have to tell you that I cannot wait to make every single recipe you have on here! They all look soo delicious.

By: Avanika (Yumsilicious Bakes)

Avanika (Yumsilicious Bakes) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:31:19 +0000

These look delicious!! And a Dorie recipe too! Must taste amazing too!

By: emily s

emily s — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:25:16 +0000

sooooooooo need to make these! hoping i can manage to find poppy seeds here ))