Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
No, they're not burned.
I read your minds, didn't I. But they're not burned, just a bit crispy on top, which is actually how I like them (nice cover, huh). I think the reason they're crispy is that they're not your regular gluten flour muffins. So they are a bit different, but they don't make your gut feel crawly (in case you have that feeling with regular flour, which I do), and they're quite moist and lemony, and very low sugar, which is what I was going for.
I found this recipe at www.lecremedelacrumb.com when I was doing a Google search for 'Super moist lemon poppyseed muffins.'
Super Moist Lemon Poppyseed Muffins Recipe -
Gluten Free (or use regular flour)
I changed only two things about the recipe:
1. I substituted a gluten-free flour cup for cup
2. I used 1/3 c. sugar rather than 3/4 c. You might want to go with 1/2 c.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees and grease muffin tin or use silicone liners.
In medium bowl, cream together the following ingredients:
1/4 c. butter
1/3 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla extract (or almond. I used vanilla, should have used almond)
2 T. lemon zest (I used one large lemon)
1 T. fresh lemon juice
3/4 c. plain fat free Greek yogurt (Next time, although the recipe called for fat-free, I'll use the yogurt with the fat in it to make them even more moist).
Add the following dry ingredient mixture to the other ingredients.
1 1/3 c. flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
Stir in:
1 T. poppyseeds
Bake for appx. 14 minutes, then move muffin tin to a rack to finish cooling.
Optional:
You can make an icing with:
2 T. soft butter
2 oz. soft cream cheese
3-4 c. powdered sugar
1-2 t. fresh lemon juice
I was trying to go for low sugar, so I didn't make the icing this time.
See the muffins on the plate?
The small CrockPot is actually being used to infuse olive oil with a natural colorant
for another batch of soap
I'm not sure why I'm showing you our kitchen. Maybe it's because I've been cleaning and organizing. On the other hand, none of that stuff looks any different from this perspective anyway, and don't worry, I'm not going to open pantry and refrigerator and laundry and closet doors just to show you. Next week it will be going through the Christmas closet. Why is it so hard to throw out those things when there is definitely an excess? Believe me, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
The string on the chair and the mouse on the floor
are property of Tommy and Smokey
Table end of the kitchen
Just after Audrey arrived (October of 2016)
Audrey now has a happy home with Tiffany.
So here is the question:
Would you paint the kitchen cupboards white and put in a ceramic tile floor? Not that I'm going to rush into anything of course, but I really would like your opinion. The cupboards are the originals from 28 years ago, and they're good oak cabinets with nothing at all wrong with them. Is the white kitchen just a fad? The floor needs to be replaced regardless. Would you go with vinyl, hardwood, or ceramic tile?
What I really should be thinking about is how to part with Christmas decorations I really don't need any longer. This is not easy.
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