Easy Vegan Blueberry Muffins

Recently I made these easy vegan blueberry muffins for a neighbourhood gathering and they got some compliments so I thought they were worth sharing.

I never have much luck with baking – something always goes wrong – so I enjoy my successes when they occur. This time something did also go wrong – I was following a recipe online on my iPad and the app crashed before I could find out how much oil to use! So I had to guess as I couldn’t trail through all the Google results (it wasn’t in my history – the crash removed it, I don’t know why.) It worked out just fine regardless.

Ingredients
200 plain flour

75g sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

180ml soy milk

About 50ml oil

200g frozen blueberries

Vegan cheese & chive scones

I made these vegan cheese and chive scones this weekend for a street party and they went down surprisingly well.

I had to use a variety of vegan cheeses as I ran out but I think the mixture of cheddar and parmesan worked well as it gave it a stronger flavour. In future I would like to try a dairy free alternative to red leicester as it gives a redder colour.

I used chives I cut from my garden – I’ve been growing a lot of herbs this year and the chive plants needed a hair cut.

Ingredients

• 510g plain flour
• 2 tsps baking powder
• Generous pinch of salt
• 1 tsp mustard powder (I used Colmans)
• 65g dairy free butter
• 300ml soy milk
• 380g vegan cheese