Big Batch 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!

BIG BATCH BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the bran, cereal, boiling water and let sit for 30 minutes.
• Combine the sugar, buttermilk vegetable oil, molasses, eggs in another bowl.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and the raisins. Add the bran and cereal; stirring well to combine.
• Add the dry ingredients to the flour mixture.
• Bake in a 375°F oven for 25 minutes or until cooked.

SIX-WEEK BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar until well combines. Stir in buttermilk, cereal, flour, oil, baking soda and salt; mix well. Refrigerate at least 6 hours before using. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Batter may be stored, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks.

RAISIN BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400. Lightly oil a 6-cup standard muffin tin, or use paper liners. In a medium bowl, combine cereal and milk; let stand until softened, about 5 minutes. In a small bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
• Stir oil, egg, and sugar into cereal mixture. Fold in flour mixture. Divide batter among cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in tin 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack; let cool completely, or serve warm. Store up to 5 days at room temperature in a resealable plastic bag.

REFRIGERATOR BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a muffin pan or line with muffin cups.
• Combine bran flakes and bran cereal in a heat-proof bowl. Cover with boiling water; stir and let sit until softened.
• Beat sugar, shortening, and eggs together in a very large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy.
• Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into a bowl. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture. Stir in softened bran; mix until evenly incorporated.
• Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 15 minutes.

BIG BATCH BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine bran, flaxseed, buttermilk, sour cream, oil, syrup, extracts and spices. Cover and let sit overnight in the fridge.
• Stir in the sugars and salt until well blended.
• Gently mix in the flours and baking soda, then fold in the dried fruit and granola (if using).
• Use immediately or portion into lined muffin cups (fill ¾ of the way full), top as desired and freeze up to 6 months. (You can also store the batter, covered, in the fridge up to 1 month).
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Bake for 30 minutes (fresh) or 35-40 minutes (frozen).

BIG BATCH BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400, prep a muffin tin.
• Reserve 1/2 cup of skim milk and 1/2 cup buttermilk.
• Mix remaining buttermilk and skim milk with cereal. Allow to sit through following steps.
• Sift together sugar, brown sugar, flours, baking soda, baking powder, spices. Make sure everything is evenly mixed and distributed.
• Beat together eggs, molasses, vanilla, oil, and the reserved milk from step one. Change the amount of oil as desired - these work well as both lowfat muffins and as high-rising, moist, munchy indulgent muffins with the full amount. 2/3 cup is a good compromise.
• Add the flour-sugar dry mixture to the soaked bran flakes. Stir.
• Add the oil-egg-milk wet mixture to the batter. Stir.
• Add more raisins to taste, more whole wheat flour or milk to adjust consistency of batter.
• Bake for 16-20 minutes per batch in the 400 degree oven.