These bright and fluffy lemon muffins are made with healthier whole wheat flour, and are eggless for a completely vegan muffin. They are easy to prepare from scratch in only 40 minutes.
Line a muffin pan with muffin liners. You can also grease the pan with oil instead of using muffin liners.
Now rinse a large lemon first. Wipe dry and then zest the lemon with a zester or grater. Keep the lemon zest aside. Only remove the yellow or green part of the peel and not the white pith. Also preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius or 356 degrees Fahrenheit.
Halve the lemon and squeeze it to get its juice. You should get about ¼ cup lemon juice. Do measure the juice quantity as ¼ cup is required for this recipe.
Making Batter
Take the lemon juice in a mixing bowl or pan.
Now add the raw sugar to the lemon juice.
Add water. With a wired whisk begin to stir so that all the sugar granules are dissolved in the lemon solution.
Add olive oil. With a wired whisk stir briskly for 2 to 3 minutes so that the oil is mixed evenly with the lemon juice and sugar solution.
Now take a plate or tray. Place a sieve on it. Add whole wheat flour and add baking powder.
Sift the dry ingredients onto the tray and plate.
Now add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Also add the lemon zest.
With light hands stir well. Be quick to stir. Everything should be mixed very well. But don't over do the mixing.
Pour the batter in the muffin liners up-to ⅔.
Baking Lemon Muffins
Bake the muffins at 180 degrees Celsius (356 degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 to 25 minutes. Since the temperatures in all the ovens are not the same, do keep a check while baking.
A toothpick or bamboo skewer inserted in the muffins should come out clean.
After 4 to 5 minutes, place the lemon muffins on a wire rack to cool. From this recipe you will get 8 medium sized lemon muffins.
Serve these egg free lemon muffins as a sweet snack or dessert. You can also pack one or two muffins in the tiffin box as a side sweet snack.
Notes
The recipe works with any variety of lemons. You can also make it with limes.
In place of olive oil, you can use a neutral oil. For a vegetarian option, you can use softened butter.
All-purpose flour can be swapped with whole wheat flour for a more lighter and softer crumb. You can also use the regular whole wheat flour, whole wheat pastry flour or the Indian atta flour that is used for making roti.
The recipe can be scaled to make 16 muffins or 24 muffins or more.
You can also choose to frost these muffins with a lemon glaze icing. To make the lemon glaze mix ¼ cup confectioner's sugar (or powdered sugar), 1 tablespoon lemon juice and ½ teaspoon lemon zest in a bowl. For a slightly thin consistency, add 1 to 2 teaspoons more lemon juice. Then drizzle this lemon glaze on the muffins when they are cooled.
Add ½ teaspoon vanilla extract to the lemon solution if you prefer.