Friday, November 14, 2014

Whole Wheat Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins


Whole Wheat Lemony Poppy Seed Muffins


1 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
½ tsp baking soda
½ cup soft butter
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
3 Tb lemon juice, (I use one lemon for juice and the peel)
3 tsp grated and chopped lemon peel
2 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup sour cream
½ tsp salt


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 12 muffin tin
1 Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
2 Cream butter, adding the sugar a little at a time, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time to the sugar mixture, continue beating the mixture. Then add the lemon juice, vanilla lemon peep and the poppy seeds. Add the sour cream  and the flour to the batter and mix well.
3 Evenly distribute the batter into the muffin tin.
4 Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
5 Take out of oven let set in muffin tin 10 minutes, then put on rack to finish cooling.

These muffins freeze well.