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LOVE these! Better Than Costco Almond Poppy Seed Muffins
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Better Than Costco Almond Poppy Seed Muffins

Servings 12

Ingredients

Almond Poppy Seed Muffins

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. poppy seeds
  • 1 Tbsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp. almond extract
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly

Almond Glaze

  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. milk or water
  • 1/2 tsp. almond extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line muffins pans with paper liners or grease the wells.

  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Set aside.

  3. In a small bowl, whisk to combine sour cream, milk, vanilla, almond, eggs, and melted butter.  

  4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir just until combined.  Batter will be thick.  Fill muffin tins completely full with a scoop of batter and place in oven.  TURN DOWN the temperature to 375 degrees and bake for 18-22 minutes or util an inserted toothpick comes out clean.  

  5. While muffins are baking, make your glaze by whisking together ingredients.  If you want a thicker glaze, add more powdered sugar.  Brush onto muffins when they come out of the oven and sprinkle with coarse sugar if desired.  Let cool (or don't let cool) and enjoy! 

Recipe Notes

You can make a lemon glaze if you prefer, replace milk with fresh lemon juice.  You can omit or still use the almond extract in it as well! 

If you want to make these into lemon poppy seeds muffins not just (the lemon glaze) you can add the zest of 2 lemons to the batter and swap 1 Tablespoon worth of milk for fresh lemon juice.