Ingredients
½cuppure cane sugar
2lemons
1½cupswhite whole wheat flour
¼cuppoppy seeds
1½tsp.baking powder
¼tsp.baking soda
½tsp.fine-grain sea salt
5Tbsp.unsalted buttermelted and cooled
¾cupplain yogurt
2largeegg
1tsp.vanilla extract
2tsp.turbinado sugarfor sprinkling on top
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Grease your muffin pan using butter or non-stick cooking spray.
Combine the sugar and lemon zest in a medium mixing bowl. Use your fingers to rub the zest into sugar until the sugar is fragrant and pale yellow throughout.
Whisk in the flour, poppy seeds, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a separate, smaller mixing bowl, whisk together the butter, yogurt, egg, vanilla and the juice of one of your bald lemons.
Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients. Use a large spoon to mix the two together. Stir only until the flour is fully incorporated into the liquid.
Divide batter evenly between the 12 muffins cups. The batter will be thick but don’t worry, your muffins will turn out great. The cups should not be more than three-fourths full.
Sprinkle the muffins with turbinado sugar and wipe off any sugar that lands between the muffin cups.
Bake for 16 to 19 minutes, until tops are golden and a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
Let the muffins cool for 5 minutes in the muffin pan, then carefully transfer the muffins to a baking rack to cool completely.
