Crunchy Lemon Muffins

2 cups   Self-raising flour

¾ cup    Sugar

75 gms  Butter

1 cup     Milk

1            Egg

Grated rind of 1 large 
or 2 small lemons

¼ cup     Lemon Juice

¼ cup     Sugar              

Mix flour and sugar in a bowl.  Melt the butter, add the milk, egg and lemon rind and beat well with a fork to combine.  Add the liquids to the dry ingredients and combine only until the dry ingredients have been lightly dampened but not thoroughly mixed.

Place mixture into 12 medium-sized muffin tins.  Bake at 200ºC for 10 minutes.

Stir together lemon juice and sugar without dissolving the sugar, and drizzle this over the hot muffins as soon as they are removed from the oven.  Leave to stand in the tins for only a few minutes (otherwise the syrup may harden as it cools and will stick to the tins).