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Sugar Free Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins

Sugar Free Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins | Raising Sugar Free Kids - light, fluffy, soft bakery-style lemon & poppy seed muffins that are packed with flavour but are wholegrain and sugar free! #sugarfree

I’m seriously considering renaming the title of this website “lemons & poppy seeds” and just making recipes featuring those two ingredients. They are a classic for a reason. Because they are just amazing. Particularly in the form of these delicious muffins.

Sugar Free Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins | Raising Sugar Free Kids - light, fluffy, soft bakery-style lemon & poppy seed muffins that are packed with flavour but are wholegrain and sugar free! #sugarfree

Yes, super soft, bakery-style, sugar free yummy lemon & poppy seed muffins. It can be done!

Sugar Free Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins | Raising Sugar Free Kids - light, fluffy, soft bakery-style lemon & poppy seed muffins that are packed with flavour but are wholegrain and sugar free! #sugarfree

They are by far my favourite muffin recipe ever.

For breakfast, snacktime, dessert. A perfect treat any time of the day.

Sugar Free Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins | Raising Sugar Free Kids - light, fluffy, soft bakery-style lemon & poppy seed muffins that are packed with flavour but are wholegrain and sugar free! #sugarfree

As always with my recipes, feel free to play around with the sweetness. Ideally use as little as you can get away with. My husband thinks this recipe is the perfect sweetness, but I am perfectly happy with a little less, as are the kids.

Sugar Free Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins | Raising Sugar Free Kids - light, fluffy, soft bakery-style lemon & poppy seed muffins that are packed with flavour but are wholegrain and sugar free! #sugarfree

And although I think a classic like this one doesn’t need too much messing with, a handful of fresh blueberries in the batter wouldn’t go amiss. Or you could swap the lemon for lime or orange to change up the flavour.

Sugar Free Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins | Raising Sugar Free Kids - light, fluffy, soft bakery-style lemon & poppy seed muffins that are packed with flavour but are wholegrain and sugar free! #sugarfree

But why would you really? They are just too perfect to change too much!

Sugar Free Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

Soft, fluffy, light bakery-style lemon & poppy seed muffins with all the flavour and texture of a coffee shop muffin but none of the sugar!

Course: Autumn, Breakfast, Celebration, Dessert, Entertaining, Fall, Snack, Snacks, Spring, Summer, Treat, Vegetarian, Winter
Servings: 12 muffins
Author: Raising Sugar Free Kids
Ingredients
  • 300 g (2 cups) wholemeal flour (or use 1/2 and 1/2 wholemeal and plain/all-purpose for a slightly lighter muffin)
  • 100 g (1/2 cup) xylitol*
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • pinch salt
  • 2 tbsp poppy seeds
  • 85 g (3/4 stick) unsalted butter
  • 200 ml (2/3 cup) buttermilk (or whole/full-fat milk mixed with 1 tsp lemon)
  • 2 medium eggs
  • 2 tsp sugar free vanilla extract
  • zest and juice of 2 unwaxed (ideally organic) lemons
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas 6 and lightly grease a 12-hole muffin tin (or line with muffin cases). In a large bowl, mix together the flour, xylitol, baking powder, bicarb of soda, salt and poppy seeds. In another bowl or jug, mix together the other ingredients. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir briefly until only just mixed (don't worry if there's a few specks of flour still - better to undermix slightly than overmix with muffins!).

  2. Fill each muffin tin hole almost to the top (about 2/3 of the way) with the muffin batter. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 mins, until the muffins are risen and going golden on top, and a skewer inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean. Allow to cool and eat warm (my favourite) or cold. Amazing on its own as a snack, breakfast or dessert, but also yummy served with plain yogurt or coconut yogurt and some fresh berries.

Recipe Notes

*as always with my recipes, feel free to use less sweetener! I like to reduce the amount we use each time to help our tastebuds adjust to less sweet baked goods.

Sugar Free Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins | Raising Sugar Free Kids - light, fluffy, soft bakery-style lemon & poppy seed muffins that are packed with flavour but are wholegrain and sugar free! #sugarfree

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