Super Moist Lemon Raspberry Muffins
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Super moist lemon raspberry muffins that taste like your favorite bakery-style treats! These muffins have a mild lemon flavor with lots of bright raspberries. It’s like a raspberry lemonade muffin!
So this weekend I saw the new Spiderman movie. Have you seen it yet?
For the longest time i’ve been a closet-superhero-fan. When I was little all my friends were off playing tea party with their stuffed bears and their poly pocket dolls. I on the other hand, lay belly-side-down on the carpet gawking at superhero cartoons. Batman. Superman. Spiderman. You name it, I watched it. And of course I couldn’t let any of my girl friends know. What would they say? I couldn’t like ‘boy things’ that was just absurd. It was my guilty pleasure. So I did what any superhero would do, I lived a double life. By day I was a teddy-bear-tea-partying girl and by night I was wearing my moms shawl as a cape jumping off couches and fighting crime.
So in honor of all superheroes i’m making super-moist muffins. These muffins have a light lemony flavor that pairs unbelievably well with the sweet tartness of raspberries.
I’m sort of obsessed with a few things these days.
1.) Berries. All berries in general but more particularly raspberries. See here. 2.) Making Muffins. See here. Here. And here.
I hope you don’t mind my latest berry and muffin obsessions. It’s just that the possibilities are endless! I can tell you right now i’ve got another 5 muffin ideas running through my mind. I may spring another muffin on you soon. It’ll be good though, I promise.
Muffins and coffee are happiness in the form of breakfast. Especially if those muffins are cloud-like soft, light like an angel food cake and studded with raspberries. I am one of those people that can’t eat the same thing every single day. This girl needs a little variety! And these muffins are perfect for that. Today’s muffins are exploding with juicy raspberries! Not just a few pieces here and there. These lemon raspberry muffins mean business.
We’re keeping today’s list of ingredients simple. Things that are probably already sitting in your kitchen.
Substitutions: I’m using all purpose flour for this recipe. You can replace half the quantity of all purpose flour with whole wheat to make this muffin even lighter. Canola, vegetable, or corn oil can be substituted in place of the coconut oil. For this recipe I used 1/2 cup of greek yogurt and 1/2 cup of light sour cream. It resulted in an amazingly moist and light texture. You can use one or the other if you like. Thats totally up to you. Also, individually frozen raspberries can be used instead of fresh. No need to defrost. Just toss them in.
My favorite part about these muffins? They freeze extremely well for up to 3 months. They remain moist even when you freeze them. They make really great grab n’ go meals for rushed mornings. Just pop a muffin in the microwave for 15 – 20 seconds along with a banana or an apple and you’ve got a perfectly nutritious breakfast in about the time it takes to tie your shoe laces! Plus they make great after school snacks and 3pm pick me ups.
Superheros and super moist lemon raspberry muffins. It’s a great way to start the week!
Happy Monday!
Super Moist Lemon Raspberry Muffins
Super moist lemon raspberry muffins that taste like your favorite bakery-style treats! These muffins have a mild lemon flavor with lots of bright raspberries. It's like a raspberry lemonade muffin!
Ingredients
- 2 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (or half whole wheat flour + half all purpose)
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup (liquid state)coconut oil (canola, vegetable or corn works too)
- 1 cup greek yogurt or light sour cream (I used 1/2 greek yogurt + 1/2 sour cream)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice + zest of 1 lemon
- 1 and 1/2 cups (12 oz) fresh or frozen raspberries
Instructions
- Place a rack near the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a muffin pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, oil, yogurt (or sour cream), eggs, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Continue to whisk until the sugar dissolves. Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and fold until just combined. Do not overmix. Fold in the raspberries. Divide the muffin batter into the muffin pans and bake for 18 - 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the muffin comes out clean with just a few crumbs. Let muffins cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.*
Notes
- Make sure the yogurt and eggs are room temperature in this recipe.
- Muffins are extremely moist. Let them cool in the muffin pan after baking for at least 10 minutes! Trying to remove them right away will result in mushed muffins.
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31 Comments on “Super Moist Lemon Raspberry Muffins”
We loved this recipe. But made a few subs
I accidentally omitted the eggs, totally overlooked them! And had no all purpose flour, so used self raising in same measurements and omitted the baking powder + soda.
It was still the best recipe for muffins ever!
Just made these a couple days ago and they turned out amazing! They’re moist and smells like heaven, my family and friends all loved it so thank you for this recipe!! One thing I’d like to ask though, would it be okay to use regular plain yogurt instead of Greek yogurt for this recipe? Greek yogurt is quite pricey from where I live, so it would be nice if I could use a substitute for it.
These are in the oven and WOW! (I admit I tried the batter…)
I am baking at high altitude so a few tweaks but yum!! I also used the 1/4 cup of flour to coat the raspberries as we can get fresh ones here and I didn’t want them to sink in the muffin cups. I can’t wait until these cool.
OMG, this one of THE very best muffin recipes I’ve ever made! And I’ve made a lot in the last 30 years. Super easy and such a delicious result that is oist, super fluffy and flavoursome. Definitely deserves 6 stars. This recipe is definitely a keeper!
Wow! These are delicious
Very good muffins. I had to add some milk to get the batter to the correct Consistency. Next time i make these which will be very soon i will cut back the sugar by a 1/3 of a cup.
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This was the best recipe I’ve ever used for muffins. I’m vegan and used an egg substitution as well as a sour cream substitution and it was great. Good Job! I will definitely use your recipes in the future.
Oh! This is a prize-winning, glorious recipe. Thank you Marzia.
I too loved these – although I nearly threw the batter out because the coconut oil (which I put in in solid form) did not blend but stayed in small “chunks”. My bad. I still baked them and somehow they tasted great. Did I do something wrong with the coconut oil?
You wanna add the coconut oil in liquid state, this helps everything blend in easier. Also, make sure the eggs and the yogurt are at room temperature as well. Coconut oil is just a finicky ingredient that likes things a little warmer! Glad you still enjoy the muffins, Amy! And thank you so much for your feedback, i’ve updated the recipe to say ‘liquid state’ on the oil. 🙂
Love these muffins! I made 24 mini muffins and 6 normal muffins! I only added half a cup of sugar as I used honey flavored Greek yoghurt. Also replaced two tablespoons of flour with linseed meal as I didn’t have whole meal flour. Beautiful! Be even better with white chocolate drizzled on top, though not quite as healthy 😉 Thanks for sharing.
Just made these and they turned out fantastic!!
I made a lemon glaze on top and topped it off with some chopped pistachios for a crunch!
Thanks for a great recipe! 🙂
These are the most delicious raspberry muffins I have ever made!!! Thankyou so much for the recipe – it worked out perfectly 🙂
This was magnificent! Thank you. I just want to figure out the exact amount of zest to add.
About 1 tablespoon of lemon zest, give or take.
Fantastic muffins. I chose this recipe because I had an excess of raspberries and extra Greek yogurt. The Greek yogurt gives it a wonderful texture. As I had no lemons on hand, only limes, mine ended up being raspberry-lime instead of lemon, and came out so beautifully, that I will definitely make again…next time with the lemon. Thank you 🙂
Hi! Have you ever tried freezing these before? I’m making a ton for an event and wanted to do them ahead of time, but wouldn’t want them to go bad!
Yes you can make them ahead of time and freeze them, Molly. I just zap mine in the microwave for 15-30 seconds (depending on how many are going in at the same time) before serving. Hope that helps! 🙂
great recipe, but I hated the ongoing audio ads on the site. For this reason I’d rather go elsewhere for future recipes :-/
Glad you enjoyed the recipe, Lizie. Unfortunately, it’s ads that keep Little Spice Jar running. You can always hit the mute button on your computer if you’d like! 🙂
Great recipe. I made this with frozen blueberries which stayed whole and juicy. Thanks for sharing!
I’m happy to hear you enjoyed them Barb! Thanks for taking the time to comment! 🙂
Yummy choc chip and banana muffins 🙂
Is it 2 1/4 cup or pound og flour?:)
It’s 2 1/4 cups Marie. Thanks for catching that!
Looks delish! Do you think this recipe would work well as mini-muffins? I know sometimes muffins that are good normal sized don’t always work well when you miniaturize them. Are they dense enough?
Thanks!! =) I’d love to make these for a women’s bible study I go to.
Hi Molly!
I think this recipe would work for mini muffins. I haven’t tried it out myself but they should work just fine. To ensure you get a moist and light muffin and not something super dense like a coffee cake, my suggestion would be to use either all greek yogurt or 3/4 cup greek yogurt + 1/4 cup sour cream. The second suggestion lets you have that sour cream taste but also ensures light, airy muffins. Also, be sure to cut your baking time in half. Start checking them at 9 minutes. It should be between 9-11 minutes.
Hope that helps! =)
Just wanted to follow up and say these were DELICIOUS! I ended up using more greek yogurt than sour cream (I didn’t have that much) and the texture was good for both normal and mini sized muffins.
Such yummy flavors in a muffin! I agree, starting the day with a muffin is the best! Your photos are beautifully done, by the way!
Thanks Alyssa!