Lemon Raspberry Chia Seed Muffin Recipe

Here is a super moist and light lemon raspberry muffin recipe with chia seeds. These are also made with Greek yogurt!

Ingredients needed for your Lemon Raspberry Chia Seed Muffins:

• 2 cups flour
• 3 tbsp chia seeds
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 8 tbsp butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of fresh or frozen raspberries
• 1 lemon, zested
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup Greek vanilla yogurt (non fat)

For glaze:

• 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
• juice from 1/2 lemon

*Makes 2 dozen

Baking Instructions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350º F.  Prepare 12 cup muffin tin with non stick spray or liners.
2. In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, chia seeds, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Set aside.

3.  In a second mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

4.  Beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing well each addition.

5.  Zest your lemon and add your lemon zest, vanilla and Greek yogurt to the wet ingredients.

6.  Using a spatula, mix in the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients until just combined.  Fold in the raspberries.

7.  Fill muffin tins about 2/3 of the way full.  Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a tester comes out clean.

8.  While the muffins are baking and cooling, prepare the glaze.  Whisk together the lemon juice from half of a lemon into 1/2 cup of powdered sugar until smooth.  Drizzle over the top of each muffin.

The glaze soaks up pretty quickly in the muffins – so it won’t look like a frosting.  But when you taste it, the top will have that amazing sweet and tart lemony glaze that makes each muffin bite just perfect!

You can see here that I put just a little bit extra glaze on this muffin.  I mean really – can you have too much glaze??  🙂

These are so yummy and moist and delicious.  These make a great breakfast addition or a non-chocolate dessert.  I’ll just eat them all day as a snack.  The fresh fruit, chia seeds, and Greek yogurt make these a bit healthier than your average muffin – so enjoy!

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*recipe adapted from Dinners Dishes and Desserts

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