Rothstein Blueberry Muffins

"Put an equal amount in each muffin..."

I have a thing for gangster films, especially featuring my beau, Robert de Niro. I was watching Casino recently, and I cannot believe this has escaped my notice for so long...



Just so happened I had two punnets of blueberries in the fridge. Probably should have saved them for my healthy eating, but treats are allowed. Heres my recipie for vegan blueberry muffins.

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1/2 cup of vegan margarine. (I use "Pure" soya)
1/2 cup soft brown sugar
1/2 cup of white sugar
2 cups plain flour
Allergy Free Egg replacer- 2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup soya milk (I used unsweetened)
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups blueberries

Kitchen Activities:

1. Prepare! Preheat your oven to 375F

2. WHISK! Whisk together your margarine and sugar until slightly fluffy. The mixture should be nice and smooth, no sugar grains! Wooden spoon is fine if you dont have an electric mixer.

3. The Science bit...Mix together your flour, baking powder, salt and egg binding replacement.I use "Allergycare Whole Egg Replacer". 40g of egg replacer is equivalent to two eggs. This is sifted into the rest of the flour/baking powder mix.

4. Liquids...Add your vanilla extract to the soya milk and stir

5. MIX! Gradually and alternatively add your flour mix and liquid mix to the creamed butter/sugar. Whisk and continue to add each mix well. Finally add 120ml of water. This water is added to help the egg replacer powder bind all the ingredients together when cooking. If you are using an alternative egg replacer then dont add this water! Follow the instructions on whatever brand you are using.

6. Blueberries...Add your blueberries to the muffin mix and using a wooden spoon gently fold in.

6. "Put an equal amount in each muffin"....Spoon your blueberry muffin mix across 12 paper muffin cases.

7. Sprinkle...add some brown sugar over the top of your muffins and pop them in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

8. Put the kettle on et voila!

Notes - I would highly recommend AllergyCare Whole Egg Replacer to anyone who wants to cook vegan cakes. I have used mashed bananas and other methods in the past to bind cakes, but find this is the best so far. It doesnt add any weird flavours and the texture is true to any regular muffin.

I would like to dedicate this recipie to Robert De Niro :)