Lemon curd muffins with streusel topping
For breakfast, dessert, or a snack, these muffins are a treat for lemon lovers.
Ingredients
Streusel Topping
- 6 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
Muffins
- 1 cup lemon curd
- 2 cups AP-flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 lemons
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp pure vanilla
- 3/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
Instructions
Streusel Topping
- Whisk both sugars and flour together in a small bowl. Cut in butter with 2 knives or a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside
Muffins
- Preheat the oven to 350*.
- whisk the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking sida togeather and set aside
- Whip butter for about 2 minutes until light and creamy
- Add the zest of both lemons and the sugar. Cream togeather for 4 to 5 minutes
- Add in eggs one at a time, combining well after each.
- Add the vanilla, yogurt, and buttermilk, and mix to combine.
- Mix in the flour mixture and combine.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan, filling them about ½ full with muffin batter.
- Drop about a tablespoon of lemon curd into the center of each muffin, and cover with a thin layer of muffin batter. The cups should be about ¾ full. Then generously top with streusel crumb. Gently press the crumb to stick to the batter.
- Bake for about 25 minutes or until the muffin has set and the crumbs get nice golden brown color.
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