Luscious Lemon Recipes

If seasons have a color, then the colors of spring are pastels: yellows, greens, lavenders, pinks, and apricots. All of these colors make me think of fresh new beginnings, sunshine, longer days, budding trees, and luscious lemon recipes. Maybe it’s the sunny yellow color of lemons that make me think of them so strongly at this time of the year, or maybe I am just longing for warm days on the porch, and tall glasses of freshly squeezed lemonade.

If spring has you with citrus on your mind like it does me, then you will be pleased to see this collection of mouthwatering lemon recipes that you are surely going to want to try. Click on the link below the picture to take you to the full recipe.

Meyer Lemon Cheesecake Bars

 Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake

 Lemon Cloud Pie with Lemony Graham Cracker Crust

 Quick and Easy Lemon-Filled Ebelskivers

 Lemon Cream Scones

Fluffy Meyer Lemon Yogurt Pancakes

 Whole Lemon Muffins

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Whole Lemon Muffins

As I mentioned at the end of last year in this post, one of my plans for the New Year was to learn cuisines with which I was unfamiliar, so I started by requesting a lot (LOT!) of books from the library.  Many I have loved, and many have been hugely disappointing.  One series of books that I have quite enjoyed is by the Texas Pastry Queen.  Don't the covers alone make you salivate?  Wait until you look inside!

Today's recipe comes from her Entertaining book.  Now I know what you're thinking, a muffin is not exotic, and that's true, but this one is quite unique in that it contains a whole lemon: the peel, the pith, the fruit.  It makes for a muffin unlike any other I've ever had, with a dense, rich texture, a touch of sweetness, and a very complex taste.  Redolent of lemon, not tart, but with perhaps a tiny touch of the bitterness one might expect from the peel and pith of a lemon.

I am not one for leaving well enough alone, as you know, so thought these benefited greatly in both taste and appearance with a little lemon juice and confectioner's sugar drizzle, and then a light dusting with even more confectioners' sugar.  These are not overly sweet muffins, so these two small additions complemented rather than overwhelmed.

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