October 25, 2016
updated Sep 14, 2023

4.92 from 12 votes

One bite into these lemon yogurt muffins and your morning just got instantly better!

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One bite into these lemon yogurt muffins and your morning just got instantly better.

Lemon Yogurt Muffins with a Lemon glaze! These are so good in the lunchbox and are a great snack for after school. Packed with a little extra protein.

A couple of years ago, my daughter and I would go to a coffee shop every Thursday afternoon to wait forty-five minutes until it was time to go to art, after dropping off her brother at gymnastics.

For a while, we were in a lemon-poppy seed kick, until she decided she no longer liked the “little black things” in her muffins. We moved on to lemon pound cake, but it wasn’t the same since pound cake, while still delicious, it has a totally different texture.

As the school year and art classes ended, so did our weekly ritual. Recently, my daughter suggested I make lemon muffins without poppy seeds, and thus these muffins were created.

First, check out how easy they are to make in this quick video.

My daughter and I love baking together on the weekends, and this recipe just came together so easy. It is similar to my Very Blueberry Muffin recipe and my Strawberry Yogurt Oat Muffins. It’s super moist from the yogurt and incredibly fully at the same time.

While I include an easy glaze in the recipe below, full of lemon zest, I don’t usually glaze them, just on special occasions.

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One bite into these lemon yogurt muffins and your morning just got instantly better!

4.92 from 12 votes

Servings 12 muffins

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 14

Ingredients

Muffins:

1 ⅓ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup butter, softened
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons lemon zest, about 2 lemons
2 tablespoons lemon juice
6 oz plain Greek yogurt

Icing drizzle:

1 tablespoon butter, melted
2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450F and line a 12 muffin pan with liners.
In a large bowl, sift flour, baking soda, and salt.
In the bowl of your stand mixer or large bowl, cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Add lemon zest, juice, and Greek yogurt, mix to combine.
Fill each muffin cavity and bake, 12-14 minutes until the tops are golden and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow muffins to cool down completely prior to serving or drizzling with glaze.

For the glaze:

Combine melted butter, cream cheese, lemon juice, and powdered sugar in a medium bowl and whisk until it’s thinned out to the consistency you like. Drizzle lightly over muffins.

Notes

This recipe can be made with whole-wheat pastry flour or half white and half whole-wheat flour. Making these muffins 100% whole wheat will yield denser muffins. To make these gluten-free, use a 1:1 gluten-free flour.

If you’re baking in high altitude or want to use the 375F temp like in the video, these muffins will take 18-22 minutes, making sure to test with a toothpick and remove them from the oven when they come out clean.

Nutrition information is calculated without the drizzle.

Equipment

Mini Muffin Pan

Gluten Free Flour

Measuring Cups

Nutrition

Serving: 1 muffinCalories: 138kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 4gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 159mgPotassium: 51mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 159IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 1mg

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Lemon Yogurt Muffins