Lemon and Rosemary – take a moment, conjure up the flavors in your mind and breathe them in… try and imagine how heavenly my kitchen smells this morning. Baking these was as much a treat as biting into them. While I went through the recipe I wasn’t convinced that the amount rosemary was enough so I baked these muffins over two days. And the end result totally worked. I put a few sprigs of fresh rosemary and sugar in a jar together for about 12 hours. The rosemary scented sugar totally kicked these up a notch. Part of the sprigs were used as the recipe indicates.
The batter comes together quite easily. It is a straightforward recipe and the perfect little treat you want on a Monday morning.
Author: http://butteredup.blogspot.in/
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar, divided
- 4 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest (from about 1 lemon)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup oat flour
- 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line 14 standard muffin cups with paper liners.
- Mash ¼ cup of the sugar with the lemon zest in small bowl until sugar is slightly moist. Set aside.
- Whisk flours, baking powder, salt, and rosemary in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat remaining ¾ cup of sugar and butter in large bowl until smooth. Beat in egg. Beat in buttermilk, then vanilla and half of the lemon sugar. Beat in flour mixture until well combined. Divide batter among muffin cups. Top each muffin with remaining lemon sugar. Bake muffins until lightly browned on top and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool.
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Happy Baking!
Rosemary and vanilla, that´s really interesting! And oat flour. I just love oats and baking with them. Nice recipe An!
rosemary sugar!!! now thats an interesting idea!! must try it sometime
Hi! These muffins look/sound delish! However, if one does not have oat flour, what would work as a substitute? White whole wheat flour? Seems like more APF wouldn’t do the trick…
Thanks!
Hi Debbie! All purpose flour would totally do the trick. You can easily replace it with oat flour. Although it would be great if you can find oat flour, because it adds a great texture to the muffins too. :)
Sorry… another question. I’m not seeing how much sugar is required for the recipe… is it only 1/4 cup? And is that the amount of sugar you “flavor” with the fresh rosemary?
Thanks again…
Oops. You’ll need 1 cup sugar. :)
I love adding rosemary to baked goods. In fact, I love adding rosemary to most everything. Thank you for sharing another lovely post, my friend. I hope this week is full of warmer weather, good food, and laughter.
Whata wonderful combination of flavors. I love rosemary and lemon together, but never saw it in a muffin. Loves it!!
What a divine choice of ingredients for a muffin. Why haven’t I tried that before with Rosemary and Lemon. Thanks fro sharing!
You knew I was going to go savory, I’m sure, but I was sorely tempted by the lemon rosemary combination myself. I make a rosemary lemon chicken dish that is a family favorite – making it again tonight at the special request of my mother-in-law, in fact – and so it works either sweet or savory. I can just smell those baking now! Lovely!
Beautiful muffins. Very flavorful yet light. Nice job!
I love rosemary! Great idea to add it to these muffins.
Opening the jar of rosemary and sugar must have produced heavenly scents. Of course, your gourmet looking muffins must have smelled great in the oven, too!
What a great combo for muffins!
Lovely muffins. :) Love the lemon in baked goods. :)
Lemon and rosemary sounds so good together. These muffins look moist and delish and I would for sure eat more than just one.
lemon and rosemary go so well together- especially in breads and muffins. These look delicious
Hi Anu! I love lemon and rosemary together and use it often in savory recipes. I can picture how yummy these sweet buttermilk muffins taste. Thanks for sharing!
What a lovely looking muffin. Are these sweet with a savoury accent or vice versa?
Dave