04/13/2025
Ingredients
Streusel Crumb Topping:
1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup light brown sugar
¼ cup granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter-melted
Lemon Muffins:
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup unsalted butter-softened
¾ cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon extract
2/3 cup Greek yogurt
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
Cream Cheese Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese-room temperature
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Glaze:
¾ cup powdered sugar
1 ½ –2 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
Instructions
-Preheat the oven to 425 F, line 12 count cupcake pan with paper liners ad set aside.
-To make the crumb topping, stir together flour, sugar, brown sugar, and salt. Add melted butter and whisk with a fork until coarse crumbs form. Set aside.
-To make the lemon muffins mixture whisk dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt) and set aside.
-In a large bowl mix softened butter and sugar for about 2 minutes at high speed. Add eggs, lemon zest, vanilla, and lemon extract and mix for 2 more minutes. -Add Greek yogurt and lemon juice and mix just to combine. Running your mixer on low, mix in dry ingredients.
-To make the cream cheese filling, mix softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla just to combine.
-To assemble the muffins add 1 heaping Tablespoon of muffin mixture in each cup. Drop 1 Tablespoon of cream cheese mixture in the center of each muffin. -Cover cream cheese filling with muffin mixture, filling each cup about 2/3 to ¾ full.
-Generously top each muffin with streusel crumbs.
-Place in preheated oven and reduce the temperature to 350 F. Bake 22-25 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and the center has set.
-Cool 5-10 minutes in the pan, then transfer the muffins on a rack to cool completely.
-Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. Stir powdered sugar with lemon juice. Start with 1 teaspoon of the juice and gradually add more until desired consistency has reached. Drizzle over muffins and serve.
