The first time I tried a lemon poppyseed muffin was when I created these Healthy Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins, and I now understand what I had been missing all this time. I've always personally been a boring bran muffin kind of girl, but now I'm a sassy, zesty lemon poppy seed muffin kind of girl, and I now have a lot more fun! These muffins are moist and packed with delicious flavor. Watch me make them below and share them with your friends and family!
How To Make Muffins Perfect Every time
Muffins are one of the easiest grab and go food, especially if you bake them in little muffin paper cups. You just peel and eat wherever, whenever! I've even mentioned before how easy they are to make. All you really do is combine everything, scoop into a greased muffin tin and they come out ready for on the go. With these muffins, you can't go wrong even if you adjust thee flavors. You like more lemon, up the lemon. You like more poppyseed, up the poppyseed. We've given you the perfect muffin base so you can honestly add any flavors to the base and come out with the perfect muffin every time.
All Kinds Of Low carb Muffins!
We don't just do sweet muffins around the KetoConnect household. We've got muffins for all your moods! In my opinion, these lemon poppy seed muffins are a perfect afternoon snack. So, what if you're looking for breakfast? Make our High Fiber Muffins. Looking for lunch? Make our Pizza Zucchini Muffins. What about looking for dessert? Make our Low Carb Chocolate Muffins. Like I said, all your moods and times of eating are covered!
Healthy Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
To be completely honest, these muffins may look a little familiar if you've made another one of our recipes. We used the recipe from my all time favorite dessert, Olive Oil Cake, as the base for these muffins. The cake has a dense, moist, rich flavor that we knew would not only repurpose well for a great muffin, but would make the best healthy lemon poppy seed muffins!
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Low Carb Lemon Poppyseed Muffins Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Coconut flour
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 4 large eggs
- 4 tbsp Low Carb Sugar Substitute
- 4 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp poppy seeds
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest (you can add more!)
- 1.5 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Pink Himalayan Salt
Instructions:
- In one bowl combine the olive oil, eggs, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
- In another bowl combine the coconut flour, erythritol, baking powder and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches as you combine. Add the poppy seeds and combine again.
- Grease a muffin tin or place muffin cups in the tin and evenly distribute the batter among 12 muffins. We like to use a cookie scooper!
- Place in a 350 degree oven for 20-22 minutes. Allow to cool before digging in!
- Store in a ziplock or sealable container in the fridge up to 2 weeks or freeze up to two months.
Notes
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
I don’t have any lemon zest handy. Is that alright? Should I maybe ass a little more lemon juice?
It will still taste great without the zest!
Just took these out of the oven. The texture is good, but the olive oil seems to overpower the flavor. Not sure I will try them again.
So sorry yours was overpowering! How strange. We’ll strip the recipe down and see what happened!
Thanks for your reply 😀 I might try with butter…. This was my first time baking a keto recipe, & I really want it to work. Unfortunately, I threw these out lol.. Everyone’s sense of taste is different, and I’m glad these worked so well for others. Like I said, the texture is really good!
Hello,
Can I use almond flour rather than coconut flour for this recipe? If so, is the ratio of exchange 1:1?
Thanks!
No Maam, the consistency would be way off. We’re working on seeing what a good sub would be
Hey Guys.
OMG. These were delicious! You were right Megha, these taste exactly like the real deal.
Glad you liked them!
Hey guys! I have tried a couple of recipes so far and they all have been pretty awesome. I was wondering if there is anyway to make almond poppy seed muffins? I love lemon but my absolute favorite are the almond poppy seed muffins from the box mix (Krusty’s). Can the substitution for almond extract be made or will it mess with the texture of the muffin?
Almond extract would work perfectly!
I used almond flower since that was all
I had and they turned out amazing. I had to use
More almond flower than a half a cup like it says for coconut flower. These tasted like regular muffins from the store.
THanks for trying our the recipe and sharing the swap! It will help so many others 🙂
Can you substitute Stevia for erythritol?
Yes!
Is there a substitute option for Erythritol? Or think it would work out without any sweeteners?
Hmm, it may taste a bit tart without any sweeteners – we’d recommend at least stevia
I made these tonight. Extremely delicious! My second favorite treat on keto! My favorite is cheesecake, but these muffins are super easy to make. I had organic bottled lemon juice. Did not have the peel but did not miss. Thanks! ?❤️
Can melted butter be used?
Hi Jan!
Melted butter would be just fine 🙂
Can avocado oil be used?
Hi Jan!
Avocado oil might change the flavor, but yes.
Made these yesterday and they came out lovely! Very moist and refreshing – and noone would know they are “keto-approved”.
When I turned on the oven today (in order to make your Rosemary and Garlic Coconut Bread), a tangy flavour of Lemon wavered through the kitchen 🙂
Thanks for the recipe – it’s actually been the first time for me using Erythritol and I’m super ecited.
Keep up the good work!
I made these just now…the only difference I made to your recipe is 4 tsp of poppy seeds instead of 3 tbsp…so a little less than half. I think next time I will add the full amount because I couldn’t really detect the poppy seed flavor. These were delightfully lemony with the lemon zest and juice. Thanks for a great recipe!
Mine are in the oven now, I went with avocado oil because it’s more neutral in flavor. I’ll let you know how it turns out. You guys rock keep up the great work!
Hi Guys! I’ve eaten one of these every morning for the last three weeks, and I love them but I am ready for a little break from lemon and poppyseed. Do you think if I kept everything else the same that I could sub out the lemon juice, zest, and poppyseeds for like a tablespoon of sugar free peanut butter and a handful of lily’s chocolate chips? I love having a muffin and a couple strips of bacon in the morning, so I can’t wait to make a few variations on the original recipe!
You would probably come out with a slightly different consistency but that should still work. Also, you should try this recipe if you haven’t yet!
These looks delicious! Is there a quick swap I could do to make them almond poppyseed instead of lemon?
Leave out the all the lemon and add almonds/almond extract possibly!
Hey Megha! I love your recipe’s! I was wondering if you have any ideas for a lemon glaze that I can drizzle over the top of the muffins. I would love to hear some ideas. Thank you so much!
Keto Connect fan forever
You could probably combine some powdered erythritol, coconut milk or almond milk and lemon juice until it is as thick or thin as you want and play with the taste 🙂
Yay! These were a success, thank you for the recipe.
Used orange zest and fresh squeezed orange juice in place of lemon and added blueberries and a touch of vanilla and no chia seeds and it’s AMAZING! I’ve been using the same base and testing different flavors and really like it. Trying to find a good way to use cream cheese to make come cream cheese breakfast muffins. Cream cheese and peanut butter are working well together. Mix that in with the oil and eggs first.
Tried to make these with stevia…it was inedible..
Hi I was wondering if you can use a different sugar substitute like swerve? Thank you!
Yes, swerve will work perfectly!