The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2009
This is the first recipe on this website that has dissapointed me. I thought it was strange that this recipe suggests you mix the wet ingredients and then add the dry ingredients, since I always do it the opposite way. Maybe they meant to mix the wet in one bowl and the dry in a second bowl and then mix the wet into the dry (which is the way I'd normally make muffins). In any case I think the baking powder started to activate too soon because these muffins never really rised. The batter also looked excessively wet and oily. For my second batch I tried adding more flour and baking powder, but I think it was not salvageable. I do like the addition of almond extract, so I may try the recipe again but I'd significantly decrease the vegetable oil and milk, and mix the ingredients the way I would normally do, not the way the recipe implies.
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Home Town: Port Orchard, Washington, USA
Living In: Poulsbo, Washington, USA

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The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2009
I made it exactly and it does not turn out good. It is too sweet and it does not come out right. I will not use this recipe again.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
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Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2009
I've never made the glaze for these muffins, they don't need it! I use 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar, 1 cup of oil, 2 tsp. baking powder, 2 Tbs. poppy seeds, 1 tsp vanilla and 2 tsp almond extract
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Medford, Oregon, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Jun. 9, 2009
So delicious! I've made these with and without the glaze and they were great either way. Now I leave it off to save on calories. Thanks for sharing!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: May 8, 2009
Easy, moist, delicious....thanks for sharing. The glaze is awesome on them but they were just as good without it. I ended up with 20 regular size muffins.
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Home Town: Portland, Oregon, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2009
Great recipe! Loved the icing!
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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Raynham, Massachusetts, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Mar. 1, 2009
These are oily, greasy, dense almond poppyseed cakes. They do not resemble muffins at all. There is way too much oil. They were sunken in the middle instead of rounded out. I make muffins every week and was looking forward to trying this recipe but I can say that I will never make these again.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2009
The texture of these "muffins" was very strange. My husband said that they were gritty, and I agree. They were also very oily. It just seemed like the ingredients didn't incorporate well together. They also turned out more like cupcakes than muffins. The ONLY reason I gave these 2 stars is that my husband said they had good flavor (but I used lemon extract instead of almond).
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Living In: Tustin, California, USA

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The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2009
these muffins were a disaster - it might have been the high altitude. But, I still had to throw them all away!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2009
These are the best ever!!!! REALLY moist and yummy with or without the glaze!!!!!!
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Reviewed: Jan. 28, 2009
These muffins were delicious. Very moist and flavorful. We liked them best without the glaze.
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Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2008
I was able to make 12 large muffins and one loaf with the batter. Reading the reviews, I reduced the sugar to 2 cups. I also added 1 1/2 Tsp. of Butter flavouring (it goes awesome w/ the almond extract and poppy seeds) I increased the poppy seeds to 1/4 C. It's more like a cake/bread then a muffin. THX.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2008
They came out great the first time, I am making them again in the morning! :)
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2008
I made these muffins last night - but I scaled the recipe to 8 servings instead of 12. I did cut back on the amount of sugar I used to about 1 1/3 cups. This is the equivalent of 2 cups if you make for 12. I didn't have any orange juice for the glaze so I used lemon juice and water because the lemon flavor was so strong - about 1 part lemon juice, 2 parts water - until it tasted right. They turned out great!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2008
Very tasty and not messy at all if you brush the glaze on with a pastry brush.
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Home Town: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2008
These muffins are absolutely fabulous. They are basically poppy seed pound cake. You'll want to come back for more and more. My sister made these for her boyfriend and i luckily got to taste them. Right when i put them in my mouth i knew i would be making these all the time.
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Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: Jun. 20, 2008
Very good!! I used the glaze, it wasnt messy at all. The only thing that I changed was that I didn't have any orange juice so I used apple juice. Turend out great!!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: May 24, 2008
These muffins are delicious! I didn't add the glaze, because they are plenty sweet on their own.
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Reviewed: May 19, 2008
Delish! It made 24 muffins with a little left over. Didn't change a thing!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.35 star rating.
Reviewed: May 7, 2008
The first time I baked these, I thought the amount of baking powder was insufficient (half of required) but made them as stated anyway. As I thought, the muffins were too dense. The second time around I increased to one tablespoon, decreased sugar to 2 cups and left out 1 tablespoon oil (and increased almond extract to 1 T--I like a lot of almond flavor, but this may be too much for some). The results with these changes were great; they were much lighter in texture. I also substituted 1 cup cake flour for 1 cup AP flour, or one could just use all pastry flour.
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