Bakery Style Lemon Crumb Muffins

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups pastry flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 7 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons grated lemons, zest of
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup butter, cut into small pieces
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 for the muffins: grease or line 24 regular-size muffin cups with paper wrappers.
• 2 place the pastry flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, lemon zest, and lemon extract in a large bowl; stir together well.
• 3 add the eggs and melted butter; blend just until combined, making sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl so that all ingredients are mixed.
• 4 using an electric mixer on low speed, slowly blend in the milk; mix for about 5 minutes.
• 5 use an ice-cream scoop to measure out the batter into the prepared muffin tins.
• 6 make the crumbs: using your hands, blend together all crumb ingredients until crumbly; sprinkle on top of each muffin.
• 7 bake at 400*f for about 20 minutes, until the tops spring back and a toothpick tests done.
• 8 cool 10 minutes in pans before removing; cool slightly.
• 9 dust with powdered sugar, if desired, and serve warm or cool.