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Lemon: Lemon Sour Cream Poppy Seed Muffins

Source of Recipe

St. Louis Post Dispatch


List of Ingredients

For Muffins:
1 pkg golden pound cake mix (16 oz)
1 c dairy sour cream
2 tbsps poppy seeds
1 tbsp lemon peel -- grated
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 tsps lemon extract

For Lemon Glaze:
3/4 c confectioners' sugar
1 tsp lemon peel -- grated
2 tsps lemon juice (or more as needed)


Recipe

Grease medium muffing cups. To prepare muffins: mix together cake mix, sour cream, poppy seeds, lemon peel, vanilla, eggs and lemon extract. Mix until well blended. Fill muffin cups about 1/2 full. Bake in a preheated 325-degree oven 20-30 minutes, or until top springs back when touched lightly or wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean. (Watch dark muffin pans closely). Let cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Let cool completely. Drizzle with lemon glaze. To prepare lemon glaze: Mix confectioners' sugar, lemon peel and lemon juice n small bowl until smooth. If necessary, stir in more lemon juice, 1tsp at a time, until desired consistency. Use to glaze muffins.