½ cup sugar
zest from a whole lemon
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup poppy seeds
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup greek yogurt
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
lemon juice from 1 lemon
stand mixer
measuring cups & spoons
zester
muffin tin
PREHEAT oven to 375F
Using your fingers, COMBINE the sugar and lemon zest in a medium mixing bowl until the sugar is fragrant and pale yellow throughout
WHISK in the flour, poppy seeds, baking powder, baking soda and salt
ADD the butter, yogurt, egg, vanilla and the juice of one of your bald lemons and mix together until well combined
DIVIDE batter evenly between the 12 muffins cups. The batter will be thick but don’t worry
BAKE for 22 minutes, until tops are golden