Bran Muffins A La Brian 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!

BRAN MUFFINS A LA BRIAN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin tin, or line with paper muffin liners. In a small bowl, mix together the wheat bran and buttermilk. Set aside to soak until thickened, about 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to blend together the brown sugar, vegetable oil, egg and molasses. Stir in the bran mixture. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter until just moistened. Mix in raisins. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling 3/4 full.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the tops spring back when lightly pressed.

A PAIL FULL OF BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix boiling water and bram and let stand.
• Cream oil, sugars and eggs.
• Add buttermilk, bran and molasses.
• Mix dry ingredients together.
• Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
• Pour into ice cream pail and store in fridge for at least 24 hours prior to using.
• Bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes.
• Do not stir mix each time you use it. It will darken slightly on the surface.

OLD FASHIONED BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Reduce to 325 degrees, if using a convection oven. Using (2) 12 regular sized (3.5 oz) muffin tins, place (22) paper and/or foil baking cups/liners in all but two holes. Pour water 1/2 way up in the remaining holes.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl, measure all of the following: bran, buttermilk, applesauce, molasses, oil, sugar, salt. Mix well and let sit for 10 min.
• 3. While the bran is soaking, beat the two eggs and set aside. Measure the raisins and set aside. Measure the flour and mix well with the baking soda and baking powder and set aside.
• 4. After the bran has had time to soak, add eggs, raisins, flour, and vanilla. Do not overbeat.
• 5. Portion a scant 1/3 cup batter in each of the 22 muffin cups. The batter will come about 2/3 - 3/4 of the way up.
• 6. Place in oven and bake for about 22 minutes. The tops will spring back when touched. Check at 19 -20 minutes, as ovens vary.
• 7. Remove from oven and place on a rack to cool for 5-7 minutes. Remove from pan and continue to cool on th rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CRAN BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
• Combine bran and brown sugar in a large bowl.
• Pour milk into a microwave-safe glass measuring cup. Heat until almost boiling, about 1 minute. Pour over the bran mixture. Beat with an electric mixer until combined. Let stand until milk is mostly absorbed, about 5 minutes.
• Beat oil, eggs, molasses, and orange zest into the bran mixture.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Mix into the batter until just combined. Sprinkle cranberries on top; fold in with a spatula. Divide batter among the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.

YUMMY BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Stir milk and lemon juice together in a bowl; let sit until milk curdles slightly, about 5 minutes. Pour bran cereal into milk mixture and let cereal soften, about 5 minutes more.
• Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves together in a bowl. Beat brown sugar, vegetable oil, egg, and vanilla extract together in another bowl. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture until batter is just-combined.
• Stir bran cereal mixture into batter; fold in raisins. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and set, 16 to 18 minutes.