Lemon and Candied Ginger Muffins

Lemon muffins with bits of candied ginger and a lemon glaze offer bright flavor to tender muffins for a perfect breakfast on the go.

Lemon and Candied Ginger Muffins

By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

For my recipe of the day I have made lemon and candied ginger muffins with a sweet lemon glaze as part of Muffin Monday which is hosted by Stacy Rushton and which I love taking part in unless my house falls like a stack of wobbly playing cards (which has happened more than once).

I did these because I wanted something sort of festive for December, and to me, candied ginger can be a solid part of your holiday baking. I also love lemon, and find that can be under-represented during the last month of the year while everyone goes gingerbread crazy.

I did make these using Swerve granular and powdered, which are awesome replacements for regular sugar and used in equal amounts.

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Lemon and Candied Ginger Muffins

Servings: 12-14
Time: 30mins
Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients:

2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar or Swerve granular sugar replacement
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup whole milk
2 large eggs
1/3 cup melted butter, cooled
1/4 cup chopped candied ginger
1 tablespoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
zest and juice of one lemon

Icing:

1/2 cup powdered sugar or Swerve powdered sugar replacement
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1-2 tablespoons milk or cream to give drizzling consistency
little bit extra minced candied ginger and/or granulated-crystal sugar to sprinkle on icing (optional)

Method:

Preheat oven to 400°F.
Stir together dry ingredients in a bowl, then mix in everything else (not the icing).
Divide batter among paper lined muffin cups.
Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick, inserted, can be removed without wet batter clinging to it.
Cool and drizzle with icing.

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com