These lemon and poppy seed muffins are so quick and easy to make. They are perfect for whipping up on a Sunday afternoon when you realise you need something to pop in the kids lunchboxes for the next week.
It is also a great recipe for kids to help you with, as it uses simple steps and has lots of separate tasks that can be divided up amongst the kids.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups self raising flour
- ¾ cup caster sugar
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ cup canola oil
- 2 eggs
- 4 tsp lemon juice
- 4 tsp lemon rind
- ¼ cup poppy seeds
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees and place patty pans in muffin trays.
Finely grate the skin of the lemon so you have enough rind. Then squeeze the lemon so you have enough juice. Set both aside.
Pour flour and sugar into a medium sized bowl. Mix and make a well in the middle.
In a separate bowl mix eggs, milk, oil and lemon juice.
Pour the liquid ingredients into well and mix with a wooden spoon. Muffins are best when made quickly and not over mixed.
Add lemon rind and poppy seeds to the mixture and gently mix through.
Spoon into patty pans.
Bake for about 12 -15 minutes for the standard patty pan size. Muffins will be ready if you push a skewer into the middle of the muffin and it comes out clean. This recipe made 15 muffins.
The kids love these muffins and you can easily vary this recipe to work with what ingredients you have in the house eg, orange and poppy seeds, blueberries etc.
Do you have a go to easy recipe to fill the lunch boxes?
- 2 cups self raising flour
- ¾ cup caster sugar
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ cup canola oil
- 2 eggs
- 4 tsp lemon juice
- 4 tsp lemon rind
- ¼ cup poppy seeds
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees and place patty pans in muffin trays.
- Finely grate the skin of the lemon so you have enough rind. Then squeeze the lemon so you have enough juice. Set both aside.
- Pour flour and sugar into a medium sized bowl. Mix and make a well in the middle.
- In a separate bowl mix eggs, milk, oil and lemon juice.
- Pour the liquid ingredients into well and mix with a wooden spoon. Muffins are best when made quickly and not over mixed.
- Add lemon rind and poppy seeds to the mixture and gently mix through.
- Spoon into patty pans.
- Bake for about 12 -15 minutes for the standard patty pan size. Muffins will be ready if you push a skewer into the middle of the muffin and it comes out clean. This recipe made 15 muffins.
- The kids love these muffins and you can easily vary this recipe to work with what ingredients you have in the house eg, orange and poppy seeds, blueberries etc.
Our Family Menu Plan For This Week
Day | Week Commencing 16th March |
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|---|---|---|
| Sat | New recipe to try. | Beet satay wraps |
| Sun |  | Marinated steak and garlic mash Coconut slice Egg and bacon tarts |
| Mon |  | Chicken sticks and salad |
| Tue |  | Slow cooker chicken noodle soup |
| Wed |  | Pasta amatriciana |
| Thu | Left overs | |
| Fri |  | Homemade chips and Baked falafel |
| Shopping List | Weekly menu plan shopping list for 16th March 2013 | |
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