Lemon Muffins With Icing Food

GLAZED LEMON MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease (or line with muffin papers) a 12-cup muffin pan and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, whisk the buttermilk, oil, lemon juice, lemon extract, sugar and eggs until just combined (do not over beat). Using a wooden spoon, fold in the flour mixture in a few swift strokes to form a smooth batter.
• Divide the batter into the 12 muffin tins.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until the muffins are lightly golden around the edges and a wooden pick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• While the muffins are baking, prepare the lemon glaze by stirring the sugar into the lemon juice until all the sugar crystals are completely dissolved; stir in the lemon zest.
• Remove the muffins from the oven and let cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove them from the muffin pan and brush them generously with the lemon glaze. Allow them to sit at room temperature to cool completely and soak the lemon glaze.
• Makes 12 muffins.

LEMON MUFFINS WITH ICING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease a 12-cup muffin pan.
• Combine all dry ingredients (except lemon zest) in a large bowl.
• Whisk all liquid ingredients, plus the lemon zest (or lemon juice), in a medium bowl.
• Add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture in the large bowl, and mix until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• Fill each cup in the muffin pan about 2/3 full.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes.
• For the icing, combine the confectioner sugar and lemon juice in a bowl and drizzle over warm muffins.