Recipe: Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin Tops

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Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin Tops
From: Dawn Doleh
Newsgroup: rec.food.recipes
Date: 5-31-95

Makes 9 muffin tops

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp poppy seed
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp grated lemon peel
3 tbsp shortening
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Topping:
2 teaspoons sugar
dash cinnamon

Heat oven to 400F. Combine flour, 1/4-cup sugar, baking powder, poppy seed, salt, 1/4tsp cinnamon and lemon peel; blend well. Using pastry blender or fork, cut in shortening until mix is crumbly. Add mild and lemon juice; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. In small bowl mix topping ingredients; mix well. Sprinkle evenly over tops.

Bake at 400F or 8-13 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Serve.