Lemon poppyseed muffins

[rootofnewt]

Someone who shall remain unnamed likes to link lots of yummy recipes. It's very cruel to read such a list when pregnant.

This was one of those links.

I love lemon poppyseed breads. So I carried the laptop into the kitchen and got to work, chatting with baobh while I pulled out ingredients.

I did adapt, of course. Juiced a couple lemons, so just under two tablespoons of juice. Grated some of the zest, but got tired, so added in about a teaspoon of dried peel. Said, "oooh, crap" and added extra lemon flavoring (and then more, and then more). The soymilk (UGH!) was replaced with buttermilk (dry solids in with flours, water in with liquids).

Anyhow, I baked 'em. My flour mix is teff, brown rice, white sorghum, and tapioca. I filled the muffin tins and 15 minutes was perfect.

Interestingly, I should've waited. The remaining batter had time (20 minutes) to perk up (buttermilk, baking soda, etc). The remaining batter filled four slots in the tin. THOSE muffins peaked nicely--excellent muffin tops resulted. I'm used to flat muffins these days, but now that I know I can tweak recipes with buttermilk, I might just have to do that. I was taking a risk--they could've swelled and exploded, but risks are worth it with lemon poppyseed.

Comments

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Hrm. It was probably one which used splenda. I seem to remember making it for my husband's birthday and he doesn't do sugar. Of course, splenda can be substituted with sugar, which can be substituted with agave. I'll have to rummage later, after my exercise class.

Did you ever make the Torta di Noce from this (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/05/11/FDGC2CKG861.DTL) article? I made it . . . it's divine. I made it again and added poppyseeds, because I just can't resist.

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

It sounds delicious! I'm actually baking sweets a lot less these days. And still trying to figure out how to make successful cakes without sugar or artificial sweeteners. That probably explains all the weight I"ve been losing! LOL

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Aye, I know you're not baking sweets much these days. I just wondered if you'd gotten around to trying that before you opted out. ;)

I'm doing more sweets while pregnant, but I really don't tolerate much sugar. A muffin or two (they're small) a day is the max I can handle.

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

I had never seen it, but you bet I just bookmarked it ;-P

I'm going to start working on some Pesach sweets for my blog (I love how I now refer to certain cooking projects as "cooking for my blog"... I guess now that i no longer have a husband to cook for, I just cook for my blog. Makes me sound like a geek and a bit of a loser, but it's great fun!)

Mmmm....muffins.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Why cook for one when you can cook for the masses?

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

Good point.