Soft, fluffy Vegan Blueberry Muffins, bursting with juicy, jammy blueberries! Quick, easy and made with basic ingredients, you'll appreciate their simplicity.
5tablespoonshot water, not boiled, just hot from the tap
1 cup / 240mlsunsweetened milk of choice
1teaspoonapple cider vinegar , or lemon juice
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
¼ cup / 60mlsneutral oil of choice, avocado oil, vegetable oil, sunflower oil, refined coconut oil are all fine
¾ cup / 150gsugar, cane sugar or white sugar is best (plus a little more for sprinkling)
2 cups / 250gall purpose flour, or spelt, or a 50/50 wholewheat/all purpose flour blend
1½teaspoonsbaking powder
1½teaspoonsbaking soda(bicarbonate of soda in the UK)
¼teaspoonground cinnamon, (omit if you aren't a cinnamon fan)
1teaspoonfine salt
1 slightly heaping cup / 150gblueberries, fresh or frozen
Instructions
In a small bowl, mix the ground flax with the hot water and stir well. Set aside.
Preheat the oven to 425°F (218 °C) and either line or grease 10 wells of a muffin pan.
To a large bowl, add the milk, vinegar, vanilla and oil. Add to that the flax egg mixture and the sugar and whisk it all together.
To the wet ingredients, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir them together gently until you can't see any dry flour. Do not beat it or over mix it. A few small lumps are fine.
Add the blueberries to the batter and fold them in gently, then divide the mixture evenly between muffin wells. I use an ice cream scoop. Fill the wells to the top. You should get 10 muffins. Sprinkle the top of each muffin with some more sugar and place in the oven as quickly as you can.
Set a timer for 5 minutes. After that time is up turn the oven down to 375 °F (190 °C) (don't open the oven door) and cook for a further 18-20 minutes until they are turning slightly golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clean, except for maybe a little blueberry juice. Remember that if you make the muffins smaller you will need to decrease the cooking time to suit.
Allow to cool completely on a wire rack before storing. See more detailed storage and freezing instructions in my post above.