Flour-free muffins

Preheat the oven to 200 ºC (400 ºF). Spray the hollows of a muffin tin with non-stick spray. Combine the bran and raisins and pour over the boiling water. Add the melted margarine and leave the mixture to cool. Combine the remaining dry ingredients, except the cornflour and bicarbonate of soda. Whisk the eggs and buttermilk together and add a little of the mixture to the cornflour to make a smooth paste. Add the cornflour paste to the remaining buttermilk mixture and mix well. Blend the bicarbonate of soda with a little milk and add to the buttermilk mixture. Mix with the dry ingredients. The batter is fairly slack. Fill the hollows of the muffin tins three quarters of the way and bake for about 25 minutes or until cooked through. Serve hot or cold with butter.
Makes about 45 muffins.