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Here is a recipe for delightful muffins, bursting with lemon flavor and poppy seeds. These healthy muffins are made with whole wheat flour and yogurt to be a little more redeeming than the average muffin. Serve with yogurt for a quick and filling breakfast, or eat warm straight from the oven; they’re great anytime!

What you need:

½ cup + 1 tablespoon pure cane sugar
2 medium lemons, preferably organic (you’ll need the zest of both and the juice of one)
1½ cups white whole wheat flour or regular whole wheat flour
¼ cup poppy seeds
1½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
¾ cup plain yogurt (plain Greek yogurt works, too)
1 large egg (use 2 eggs for richer and slightly fluffier, more cupcake-like muffins)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons turbinado sugar for sprinkling on top
Muffin pan


  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease your muffin pan using butter or non-stick cooking spray. Pro tip: grease only the bottoms and halfway up the cups so your muffin tops don’t flatten out while baking.
  2. 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. Add the flour, poppy seeds, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix well.
  3. In a separate, smaller mixing bowl, whisk together the butter, yogurt, egg, vanilla and the juice of one of your lemons.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

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