Zucchini muffins with lemon zest

Zucchini muffins with lemon zest

Ingredients

• Zucchini - 100 g
• Flour - 90 g (2/3 cup with a capacity of 200 ml)
• Sugar - 40 g (1.5 tablespoons)
• Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
• Lemon (zest) - 0.5 pcs.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Milk - 50 ml
• Salt - 1 pinch

Directions

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients.
2. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
3. Sift flour with baking powder into a bowl, add sugar and salt.
4. Then beat the egg into the mixture of dry ingredients and pour in the milk.
5. Mix the combined ingredients with a whisk until a homogeneous dough is obtained.
6. Wash the young zucchini, wipe dry and cut off the edges. Grate the zucchini on a coarse grater and lightly squeeze out the juice.
7. Use a fine grater to remove the yellow part of the zest from half a lemon. We will need about 1 teaspoon of zest.
8. Put the grated zucchini and lemon zest into the dough.
9. Mix the dough again.
10. Divide batter into muffin cups, filling about 2/3 of the way. Makes 6 muffins in total.
11. Bake the zucchini and lemon zest muffins in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 25-30 minutes.
12. Remove the finished muffins from the molds, transfer to a plate and cool.
13. Zucchini muffins with lemon zest can be served.
14. Bon appetit!