Hi, My name is Dia, and I am a brain surgery survivor many times over. I have been diagnosed over the years with, in addition to my hydrocephalus and other csf disorders, inflammatory arthritis, brain stem kink, cerebellum sagging, enlarged liver and spleen and soooo much more! I truly feel that I have been sustained all of these what I consider to be my "extra years" because I changed my diet dramatically. Gluten Free & Vegan Muffins Tutorial
Posted by ♦***Admin--Dia***♦ on January 2nd, 2009. Filed under: Casein Free, Dairy Free and Vegan, Macrobiotic, Vegetarian, Wheat and Gluten Free.How to Make Muffins
Some call me the “muffin queen” because I am constantly baking up a storm. I often get asked how I do it, and really muffins are some of the easiest treats to make.
I am going to give you the most basic recipe for 12 muffins. You can add 250 grams of whatever you want(blueberries, chocolate chunks, chocolate chips, apples, etc), and even switch the type of sugar to brown or molasses.
2 cups of gluten free flour (you can mix and match your flours, but I tend to use at least 1 cup of rice flour, 1/2 cup of gluten free oat flour, 1/4 cup of buckwheat flour and 1/4 cup of potato starch)
1tsp of baking soda
2tsp of baking powder
1 cup rice milk
3/4 cup of vegan spread
3/4 cup of caster sugar
1 tablespoon of cider vinegar
250 grams of your fresh fruit of choice
Preheat your oven to 180° Celsius (355 degrees F)
Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda and powder together.
In a separate bowl, mix the milk, cider vinegar and vegan spread.
Pour the fruit in the first bowl with the flour/sugar and then add the milk, cider vinegar and vegan spread.
Take a wooden spoon and stir no more than 20 times around. This ensures the moistness of the muffins.
Fill up a 12 muffin tin with the mixture, and bake for 20 minutes.
Now if you want high top muffins here are a couple of tricks I use:
-Leave one of the tin slots empty and fill it with water instead. The steam helps the muffins to rise even higher.
- Preheat the oven to 220° Celsius instead and once you put the muffins in the oven, turn it down to 180°. This initial blast of heat will help those muffins to get a nice high top.
January 2nd, 2009 at 7:26 pm
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