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Lemon Raspberry Zucchini Muffins Recipe

Published: Aug 5, 2022 by Mindee · This post contains affiliate links and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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When the zucchini starts growing by the dozens you need lots of zucchini recipes other than regular zucchini bread in your toolbox! These beautiful muffins packed with zucchini and fresh raspberries have the perfect balance of tart and lemony sweet flavor to start your day!

Muffins packed with lemon flavor, tart raspberries and garden zucchini!!!
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Why You'll Love This Recipe

  • Great afternoon snack to satisfy your sweet tooth!
  • This easy recipe will be loved by the whole family!
  • These homemade muffins go great with a cup of milk!

Ingredient Notes

  • Flour - All purpose flour, not self rising flour.
  • Butter - I always use unsalted butter but you can use unsalted butter as well just add an extra ¼ teaspoon salt.
  • Lemons - It's vital to use FRESH lemon zest and FRESH lemon juice for this recipe.
  • Raspberries - Fresh raspberries are preferred as frozen ones add a lot of liquid to the muffin batter.
  • Zucchini - Both green and yellow zucchini work great!
  • Milk - 2% milk or whole milk are best.
  • Sour Cream - Full fat sour cream works best but reduced fat sour cream can be used in a pinch.
Ingredients needed to make these lemon raspberry muffins.
Everything you'll need for these moist raspberry muffins with zucchini and lemon!

Couple Things You'll Need

How to Make:

  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and line 18 muffin cups with paper liners.
  • Rinse and pat the raspberries dry. Set aside.
  • Grate the zucchini and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat the lemon zest, and sugar together until the sugar has a yellow tint.
  • Add the butter and cream well.
  • Beat in the large eggs, FRESH lemon juice and lemon extract.
  • Add the baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Cream butter and zest before adding the butter.
Whip up these muffins in a large bowl!
  • In a separate bowl or measuring cup, whisk together the sour cream and milk. 
  • Due to the rate of absorption of the liquid into the flour this recipe uses a slightly different method that the mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
  • Add just ⅓ of the flour to the batter.
  • Stir in ½ of the milk/sour cream.
  • Mix in another ⅓ of the flour.
  • Stir in the last half of the milk.
  • Fold the grated zucchini,  and raspberries in with the last of the flour.  Fold just until combined.
Alternate the milk mixture with the flour before adding the raspberries and zucchini with the last bit of flour.
Fold in the raspberries and zucchini with the last bit of flour.
  • Divide the batter among the 18 prepared muffin tins.  The muffin cups will be really full.
  • Bake in the preheated oven (375 degrees) for 18 minutes.  A toothpick should come out of the center of a muffin clean and each muffin top will just be beginning to brown.
  • Cool completely on wire racks and serve.
  • Store in a lightly covered container instead of an airtight container. An airtight container will make these a little soggy.
Fill 18 prepared muffin cups with batter.
Muffin cups should be fairly full of muffin batter.

Recipe FAQs

Can I make these in a loaf pan instead?

Yes, pour batter into a regular loaf pan until the pan is ⅔s full. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes, tent with aluminum foil, continue to bake for another 25 minutes. A testing stick should come out clean. Bake longer tented with foil if needed.

What about mini loaves?

Scoop batter into mini-loaf bread pans until ⅔s full. I believe this recipe will make 4 mini loaves. Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes.

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Lemon Raspberry Zucchini Muffins

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  • Author: Mindee
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 18 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 18 Muffins 1x
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American
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When the zucchini starts growing by the dozens you need lots of zucchini recipes other than regular zucchini bread in your toolbox! These beautiful muffins packed with zucchini and fresh raspberries have the perfect balance of tart and lemony sweet flavor to start your day!


Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 Tbs. Fresh Lemon Zest
  • ¼ cup Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 10 Tbs. Butter, softened
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • ½ Tbs. Lemon Extract
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ½ cup Milk
  • ½ cup Sour Cream
  • 2 ½ cups Flour
  • 1 ½ cups Grated Yellow (or green) Zucchini
  • 12 oz Fresh Raspberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and line 18 muffin cups with paper liners.
  2. Rinse and pat the raspberries dry. Set aside.
  3. Grate the zucchini and set aside.
  4. In a large mixing bowl, beat the lemon zest, and sugar together until the sugar has a yellow tint.
  5. Add the butter and cream well.
  6. Beat in the large eggs, FRESH lemon juice and lemon extract.
  7. Add the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. 
  8. In a separate bowl or measuring cup, whisk together the sour cream and milk. 
  9. Due to the rate of absorption of the liquid into the flour this recipe uses a slightly different method that the mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
  10. Add just ⅓ of the flour to the batter.
  11. Stir in ½ of the milk/sour cream.
  12. Mix in another ⅓ of the flour.
  13. Stir in the last half of the milk.
  14. Fold the grated zucchini,  and raspberries in with the last of the flour.  Fold just until combined.
  15. Divide the batter among the 18 prepared muffin tins.  The muffin cups will be really full.
  16. Bake in the preheated oven (375 degrees) for 18 minutes.  A toothpick should come out of the center of a muffin clean and each muffin top will just be beginning to brown.
  17. Cool completely on wire racks and serve.
  18. Store in a lightly covered container instead of an airtight container. An airtight container will make these a little soggy.

Notes

  • Store in a lightly covered container instead of an airtight container. An airtight container will make these a little soggy.

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  1. Jeff

    November 27, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    Very good with a meal or as a snack

    ★★★★★

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