Aunt Mary Lous Bran Muffins Recipes

CLASSIC BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Mix together wheat bran and buttermilk; let stand for 10 minutes.
• Beat together oil, egg, sugar and vanilla and add to buttermilk/bran mixture. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into buttermilk mixture, until just blended. Fold in raisins and spoon batter into prepared muffin tins.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool and enjoy!

AUNT MARY LOU'S BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Soak bran cereals and raisens in boiling water and allow to cool while preparing muffin batter 2. Cream sugar and oil 3. Add eggs and buttermilk to sugar oil mixture. 4. Add cooled bran mixture to shortening mixture 5.In separate bowl sift together dry ingredients 6. Slowly add dry ingredients to batter. 7. Spoon into greased muffin tins 1/2 to 2/3 full. 8. Bake 400 degrees for 20 minutes 9.Store extra batter in refrigerator for future use

DEEP DARK OLD RECIPE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 18 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners. Whisk the bran, flour, salt, and baking soda in a mixing bowl; set aside.
• Beat the eggs in a mixing bowl. Whisk in the buttermilk, sugar, molasses, and melted shortening until smooth. Stir in the bran mixture along with the raisins until no dry lumps remain. Pour into the prepared muffin tins, filling them no more than 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

6 WEEK BRAN MUFFINS (AUNTIE ANNE'S MUFFINS)

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over 1 1/2 coups of the bran buds. Let stand while mixing other ingredients.
• In a separate bowl, combine rest of dry bran buds, flour, soda, and salt.
• In another separate bowl, cream sugar and oil.
• Add eggs to this mixture.
• Add buttermilk alternately with dry ingredients.
• Add the 1 1/2 cups soaked bran buds and mix well.
• Store batter in fridge for up to 6 weeks.
• Bake as needed in 400F oven.
• Bake regular size for 15-20 minutes and mini muffins for 8-10 minutes.
• Optional:.
• Dip tops in melted butter and then cinnamon sugar.
• If you are really trying to be healthy, skip the butter and just dip the hot fresh baked muffins in cinnamon sugar and it will stick.

MARY LOU'S REFRIGERATOR BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Batter can be made ahead and saved for several weeks in the refrigerator Soak bran and raisins in boiling water and set aside. Cream sugar and oil until smooth. Mix in eggs and buttermilk. Sift togethere flour and soda in separate bowl. Slowly add dry ingredients to moist ingredients. Stir in bran, raisin, water into batter. Fill greased muffin cups 1/2 to 2/3 full. Bake 20 minutes in 400 degree oven.