There are a few things that you need to know before you read this.
1. I am not now, nor have I ever been, A Cook/Chef/Baker - I am An Eater.
2. New Zealand has the best cafes with the best food In The World (don’t even TRY to argue with me about this la la la I can’t hear you la la la).
3. Hughenden does not have cafes.

Right, so anyway, out of sheer desperation I have had to learn how to make yummy stuff such as is found in NZ’s excellent cafes, By Myself From Scratch.

These Lemon Muffins do not look especially special, but let me tell you that they are not only scrumdiddlyumptious, but a DOG could make them.

Lemon Muffins
2 Cups self raising flour
3/4 Cup sugar (too much in my opinion. I use 1/2 Cup)
75 gm butter
1 Cup milk
1 egg
zest from two lemons (big suckers - you want LOTS of zest)

Topping
1/4 Cup sugar
1/4 Cup lemon juice (again, I use a little more juice so it’s not sweet)

Preheat oven to 200 C. Mix flour and sugar together in a large bowl.
Melt butter.
Mix egg, milk and lemon zest together. Add cooled butter.
Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients and combine VERY gently until lightly mixed. This is the important part. There will be lumps, there will be wet bits. Ignore them. G E N T L E.

Spoon into greased muffin tins.
If you have been to a New Zealand cafe, you will know that muffin tins only come in ONE size - HUGE. Do not sully this recipe by making those eaten-in-one-bite atrocities. Unless you feel slightly nauseous after eating one of these muffins, you have NOT made them big enough.

Bake for about 15 minutes.(While this is happening, husband should be making his superb coffee.)
Stir together topping and drizzle over hot muffins.

Here the recipe and I seriously depart from one another. It says, “Cool and place on wire rack.”
Wrong. Pry gently from tin while still steaming, burning fingertips.
Eat over plate (to catch crumbs) with large mug of strong coffee.
Fight teenagers for last muffin (despite already feeling ill).
Pour more coffee.
Contemplate making another batch this afternoon.

found at www.foodlovers.co.nz