We’re in our 40th week of Muffin Monday! For 40 weeks we’ve relentlessly brought you 40 dazzlingly delicious muffins and I’d like to thank all of you who’ve been a part of this wonderful community endeavor. I’ll promise you this: we’re not stopping any time soon!
And this March Monday, we’ve a perfect breakfast muffin. The scent of honey, the zing of lemon, and the softness from the buttermilk and olive oil combination makes these muffins delicious and decadent.
The principal change I made was in the glaze: spicing up the regular lemon glaze with a hint of ginger and topping the muffins with candied ginger. I’m glad I did this, because it perfectly balanced the sweetly-flavored muffins.
Over to the recipe: With a touch of spice, the tart lemons and sweet honey make these tender muffins just the right start to a long week.
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup honey (preferably local)
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest (from about 2 lemons)
- 2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- ⅓ teaspoon ginger powder
- candied ginger to decorate
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 12-cup muffin tin with non-stick baking spray or line with paper cups (spray the inside of the cups with baking spray to prevent muffins from sticking to the paper).
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until well combined. Set aside. In a separate medium bowl, combine honey, sugar, olive oil, buttermilk, eggs, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Whisk together until well combined.
- Pour liquid ingredients into the flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon just until all of the flour is incorporated. Don’t overmix. Divide batter between muffin cups using a large spoon or mechanical ice cream scoop – the cups should be mostly full.
- Bake for 17 – 21 minutes or until the center of a muffin springs back lightly to the touch or a toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out clean. Check early and watch carefully, they will brown fast.
- While muffins are baking, make glaze.
- Let muffins cool in pan for 5 minutes then remove to a wire rack. Brush the tops of the muffins with glaze while they are still warm and top with candied ginger. Let cool completely.
Muffin Monday: Round Up
Aimee | Food Je T'Aimee | Honey Lemon Cranberry Olive Oil Muffins
Kate | Food Babbles | Honey Citrus Olive Oil Muffins with Toasted Almonds
Maya | Foodiva's Kitchen | Honey Pineapple Olive Oil Muffins with Lime Glaze
Nastassia | Let Me Eat Cake | Lemon Almond Olive Oil Muffins
Meena | Chettinad Fiesta | Honey Lemon Olive Oil Muffins
Happy Baking!
Oh, those must taste divine! What fabulous flavors.
Cheers,
Rosa
Those flavors sound totally amazing!! Would love some for breakfast!
omigosh, wow. 40 muffin recipes already? amazing. your mondays must be so mmmmm :D
gosh i need to get back on board this muffin madness:) happy 40th week:)! hope to join again next week!!!
The title of this tells me this one tasty moist and lemony muffin. I do like citrus better than chocolate in the morning and these look like they would hit the spot. Also, great touch on the ginger topping. Another winner!
Ooh, I like the idea of the honey lemon glaze! Great idea!
Your ginger-lemon glaze sounds wonderful! I love a bit of spice in my sweets myself. Thanks for this almost effortless recipe, we love the results :)
40 weeks! Wow, and I have enjoyed everyone of them!!! The honey lemon muffin looks fabolous! Wish I had one right now!!
With ingredients like olive oil and buttermilk,these sound so much lighter than the usual dessert/tea time muffins.
This gets noted down/bookmarked!Thank you for sharing!:-)
I’m really interested in tasting what the olive oil does to the flavor of the muffin. I love anything lemon.. so I know these are wonderful. :)
I don’t think I’ve ever baked with olive oil, but I would LOVE to try these or any of your other varieties! Wonderful recipe for muffins. These are right up my alley!
This looks delicious! I’m all about muffin monday!
I am loving the ginger add on to these muffins, what more the lemony flavors. Great outcome with the wonderful pic.
The muffins sound amazing with the citrus and honey flavour. I have never ever baked with olive oil and these muffins look like a great way to begin with!
Great flavors! And congrats on so many weeks of Muffin Monday. These look wonderful!
Wow! You’ve been doing this for 40 weeks! That’s incredible! They’ve all been so original and look so delicious! I love the olive oil in this muffin, so good!! Wish I could have had this for breakfast this morning!
mmm bet the ginger went perfectly with the lemon and honey love this glaze!
Another sensational muffin Monday :D
I love how light these delicious treats look :D
And the flavour combo is exotic!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Lovely! I’m in love with citrus muffins. Way better than blueberry that everyone seems to be so crazy about. This would totally have been my Starbucks order today, had that been an option :)
I love olive oil recipes, thank you for sharing so many of them. I can almost smell the lemon, and these are going to be a hard to share. My Mr. loves lemon!
You have been baking muffins for the past 40 Mondays?! That is so awesome! I love these muffins….they look so delicate and light…..sweet with honey and tangy with lemon! Just beautiful! Looking forward to many more muffins to come! : )
What a delicious muffin, love the glaze with the lemon and ginger.
Looks delicate in flavor and texture, soft and moist specially adding the olive oil… mmm… wonderful recipe!!!
Holy cow this looks amazing, wow! Honey, lemon and olive oil sound amazing in a muffin. Beautiful photos as always. Thanks for sharing! Hope you enjoyed your weekend =]
40 weeks!! Wowo I need to catch up on older posts..loveing muffin mondaysand these honey lemon olive oil muffins look divine!
I like the way lemon and olive oil work so beautifully together, what delicious little bites!
Love the sound of this,olive oil,honey, lemon, buttermilk and to top it all candied ginger!!I’m craving one bite of this right now!!!Will be definitely trying this one out :)
Honey is something I need to use more of….I love the taste and texture. This looks like a great muffin. Lots of flavor but still light with the honey and lemon. Lovely!
Very elegant! The buttermilk must do wonders for the texture of these treats. Crumbly, yet smooth and I’m sure a pleasure to eat!
sweet little muffins I’d love for breakfast right now. I love the touch of honey and the moistness from the buttermilk. lovely, An:)
So happy to have rejoined you this week – and for such a gorgeous, sunny, spring muffin! Great choice!
I adore lemon AND ginger so this is perfect for me. They look gorgeous.
I don’t know if its the warm weather but i have been craving lemon desserts lately! The lemon glaze on these sounds amazing! Such a good muffin recipe!! Bookmarking these :)
Oh! they are perfect for a summer breakfast. I like the blend of lemon, olive oil and honey.
I am so glad you used olive oil. Healthy choice!!
These look fabulous! Love the combination of olive oil and lemons – great flavor!
Happy Muffin Birthday! ;) Looks like a great way to celebrate!
Simple, sweet and wonderful! Another fabulous muffin!
I love love baking with olive oil, is so delicious! Your muffins so heavenly, I adore anything with lemon and honey:-) Hugs, Terra
I’ve made olive oil cake but never muffins. These look fabulous! Will def have to try!
Fantastic flavor combination ! I love muffins,both as breakfast and a snack :-)
I can’t wait to try these because I am so intrigued by the olive oil with the lemon. It sounds so crazy good to me! Yum!
Sounds like a very moist, and tasty muffin. I love the different flavors, sounds like it would go prefectly with a cup of tea. :-)
This look just wonderful!!!! I love the moist texture I get when I use olive oil in pound cake, so I know I’ll love this too!
You are a muffin making fool! :) I am loving all these recipes, but this one is particularly appealing. Lemon and Honey? Swoon.
Ginger glaze with lemon zest? Perfect! I love the cute little dish you’ve presented it on too!
wow, these sound absolutely amazing + totally my type of breakfast/muffin. bookmarking to try ’em soon!
I don’t think anything else could scream spring more than these muffins! They look incredible!
What beautiful flavors for a muffin, I imagine it is incredibly moist!
These muffins sound PERFECT. So delicious.
These muffins sound delicious! I love olive oil in sweets and with citrus and honey is wonderful!
This was the most delicious muffin I’ve ever tasted. I put banana walnut glaze on mine since I didn’t have any ginger powder around my college campus. When you take a bite, it’s first sweet and creamy and the banana/walnut really come together. Then after a few seconds the lemon-y flavor of the cupcake itself hits to balance out the sweetness. And a few seconds more brings out the olive oil goodiness. A very nice balance of flavors!
Banana walnut glaze. Mmm. What a fabulous idea. So glad it turned out well for you.
Passing this recipe to a friend,who is looking for healthier/low calorie cakes and bakes. :-)
This one is a healthier recipe,of course,since no butter,just olive oil.The sweetener is honey,so much better than sugar!