Glazed Poppy Seed Muffins with Strawberry Butter

Scrumptious little Glazed Poppy Seed Muffins with Strawberry Butter ~ a delicious tea room inspired treat.

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Sometimes inspiration strikes us and we just have to go with it right at that very moment.  No waiting.  Just right then.  Like for me with these Glazed Poppy Seed Muffins with Strawberry Butter. 

These tasty little beauties are inspired by a tea room in my town called Chantilly's Tea Room.  And once I decided to make them, I was compelled to do it that very day.

 See, at Chantilly's Tea Room, they bring you a little plate of cute and tasty mini poppy seed muffins as soon as you are seated at your table.  Just like other restaurants bring you bread or rolls ... Chantilly's brings you adorable little muffins.

Served with strawberry butter.

It's such a wonderful combination.

And so inspiration struck me on the day that I was at Chantilly's with some friends celebrating the retirement of one of our co-workers.  Our waitress brought us our plates of adorable little poppy seed muffins with strawberry butter ... and I thought to myself, "Hey, I can make these with my Mom's poppy seed tea bread recipe.  And I'm sure I can figure out how to whip up a simple strawberry butter!"

And so I did.  As soon as I got home.

Now, why this moment of inspiration strikes me as so funny is this wasn't the first time I'd been to Chantilly's Tea Room.  Not by a longshot.  I've been a lot.  Like quite a lot.

The first time I went was for my bridal luncheon nine years ago.  Nine years ago.  

See?  Here's me and my Mom and my Gram at Chantilly's for my luncheon ...

Me, my Mom, and my Gram at my bridal luncheon, April 30, 2004

But for some reason in all the times I've been throughout nine years, inspiration didn't strike me until now.

And then I couldn't wait.

You would think after having not been inspired for over nine years, I could wait a little while longer, wouldn't you?

But I couldn't.  And I didn't.

And that very evening, ... just a mere nine years after having them for the first time ... my husband and I were enjoying tea room-inspired Glazed Poppy Seed Muffins with Strawberry Butter ~ at home.

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Muffins

Yield: about 12 muffins

Author: Tracey | The Kitchen is My Playground

Glazed Poppy Seed Muffins with Strawberry Butter

Tea-room inspired glazed muffins served up with a quick-and-easy strawberry butter on the side.

prep time: 25 Mcook time: 25 Mtotal time: 50 M

ingredients:

Muffins:

• 3 c. all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 c. milk
• 1 c. + 2 T. canola oil
• 2 T. poppy seeds
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 tsp. almond extract
• 1 1/2 tsp. imitation butter flavor

Glaze:

• 1/4 c. fresh orange juice (about 1 orange)
• 3/4 c. granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp. almond extract
• 1/2 tsp. canola oil

Strawberry Butter:

• 1/4 c. unsalted butter, softened
• 1 T. powdered (confectioners') sugar
• 1 T. strawberry jam

instructions:

How to cook Glazed Poppy Seed Muffins with Strawberry Butter

Prepare the muffins:

1. Place all muffin ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer until well mixed, about 2 minutes.
2. Spoon batter into greased muffin cups, filling cups 3/4 full. (NOTE - you can use regular-sized muffin pans or mini muffin pans.) Bake at 325 degrees until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. (For mini muffins, about 13 minutes.)

Prepare the glaze:

1. While muffins are baking, prepare the glaze. Combine all glaze ingredients in a small saucepan; heat over medium heat, stirring frequently, until sugar melts.
2. When done, remove muffins from oven and cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and place on a cooling rack. 
3. Immediately prick the tops of the muffins with a fork and spoon some of the warm glaze over the top of each muffin. Let cool completely.

Prepare the strawberry butter:

1. Place the softened butter in a small mixing bowl. Add the powdered sugar and stir until smooth. Add the strawberry jam and stir until well combined. 
2. Serve with the cooled muffins.

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