These zesty and moist ricotta muffins are sure to become a breakfast staple! The raspberry and lemon flavors will pair perfectly with your favorite cup of coffee or tea.
1/2cup unsalted buttermelted and cooled to room temperature
1cupricotta
1cup raspberriesfresh or frozen will work
1/2tspbaking soda
2 tsp baking powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1whole lemon for zest
1/2 juice of 1 lemon to add into batter
2eggs, beaten
2 1/2tspvanilla extract
Lemon Glaze
1/2juice of 1 lemon
1/4-1/2cups confectioner's sugar add or subtract for desired consistency
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375°F. Add liners to your 12-cup muffin pan. Set aside.
Comine dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Whisk in sugar to bowl of the 2 beaten eggs. Add in the ricotta cheese, juice from half of a lemon, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Stir in the melted butter with a spoon or spatula.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Be careful to not overmix. Stir with a spoon or a spatula.
Gently, fold in raspberries. Try to not overmix when folding in the raspberries. You don't want to turn your batter, pink!
I recommend using a cookie or ice cream scoop to scoop batter into the muffin pan.
Bake for about 23 minutes.
Once muffins are cool enough to remove from muffin pan, place them on a rack to finish cooling and for the moisture to dry from the bottoms of the muffins.
Lemon Glaze
In a small bowl, squeeze remaining half of lemon and mix juice with the confectioner's sugar. Mix until glaze is smooth.
Spoon desired amount of glaze over each muffin. Enjoy!
Notes
Feel free to serve and enjoy muffins with butter, honey or jam.