We’re back! I wanted to make a tasty breakfast for my kids this morning to make up for the 9 hour car ride home yesterday. I decided fresh muffins (their favorite) would hit the spot. I love raspberry and lemon together and decided they would make a perfect breakfast muffin. I added streusel topping to make it extra special and oh my… these were unbelievably good. A perfect combination of sweet and tart – absolutely delicious.
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2 cups flour
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1/2 cup sugar
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1 tablespoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon salt
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1/2 cup butter, melted
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1/2 cup of milk
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Juice from 1 lemon
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1 tsp vanilla
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2 eggs
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Zest from 1 lemon, chopped finely
- 8 oz fresh raspberries (frozen would work too)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray muffin tin with cooking spray. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; blend well. In another bowl, combine melted butter, milk, lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla and eggs; mix thoroughly. Slowly stir egg mixture into the flour mixture until well blended. Add the raspberries and mix slowly and carefully. Spoon batter evenly into greased muffin tins.
Streusel Topping:
- 1/4 cup of white sugar
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp cold butter, chopped into pieces
Combine all ingredients with fingers until flaky and crumbly.
Top each muffin with streusel topping. Bake in the oven for 15-17 minutes or until lightly browned (don’t over bake).
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On a side note:
It was a long and very busy week visiting friends and family. My 20 year reunion was amazing – it was wonderful to catch up with all the people I grew up with. The time flew by quickly and it was hard to say goodbye.
WRHS Class of 1988 – 20 years later
Those muffins look spectacular! I am glad you are home!
Sounds like you had a blast, but welcome back.
Those muffins look incredible!
I’d say “it’s time for breakfast” every 20 minutes if I knew I had these in the house :). Yummylicious indeed!
what a great combo!! love the idea of lemon and raspberry! yummy
I love homemade muffins! You can do so many things with them, and they work with all meals!
These muffins look and sound TOO good! Thanks for the photos and recipe 🙂
I had that muffin this morning, it was my #1 favorite muffin I have ever eaten! Loved it, thanks for sharing!
Good to see you back and hope you had a great time. The muffin’s look, well all i can say is YUMMO!
I just made these and they were lovely! I used chopped strawberries instead of raspberries.
One little request because I love cooking from your site. Could you post how many servings each of your recipes makes?