Low Fat Orange Date Nut Bran Muffins High Fiber Recipes

DATE-NUT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cereals and boiling water; let stand for 5 minutes. In another large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl, combine the eggs, buttermilk and oil. Stir cereal and buttermilk mixtures into dry ingredients just until blended. Fold in the dates, raisins and walnuts. , Fill 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. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

HIGH-FIBER BREAKFAST MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 12 muffin cups with paper or foil liners, or grease if not using liners.
• Combine oats, all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, applesauce, egg whites, milk, brown sugar, oil, and vanilla in a large bowl. Mix until blended. Fold in raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries. Divide batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 17 minutes.
• Let muffins cool for 5 minutes in the pan before transferring to a cooling rack.

ORANGE DATE NUT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease one 12-cup muffin tin.
• In a large bowl, combine bran cereal, water and oil, stirring until bran softens.
• In a small bowl, whisk buttermilk, orange juice, molasses, honey, orange zest, and egg until blended.
• In a small bowl, combine flours, baking soda and salt.
• Add buttermilk mixture to bran, stirring to combine.
• Add flour mixture, dates and walnuts to bran mixture, stirring just until flour is moistened.
• Spoon into muffin cups, and bake until top springs back when lightly pressed, about 18 minutes.
• Let cool in pan 5 minutes before removing to wire rack.

LOW-FAT ORANGE DATE NUT BRAN MUFFINS (HIGH FIBER)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease one 12-cup muffin tin.
• In a large bowl, combine bran cereal, water and oil, stirring until bran softens.
• In a small bowl, whisk buttermilk, Orange Juice, molasses, honey, orange zest, and egg until blended.
• In a small bowl, combine flours, baking soda and salt. Add buttermilk mixture to bran, stirring to combine. Add flour mixture, dates and walnuts to bran mixture, stirring just until flour is moistened.
• Spoon into muffin cups, and bake until top springs back when lightly pressed, about 18 minutes.
• Let cool in pan 5 minutes before removing to wire rack.

LOW-FAT HIGH FIBER BLUEBERRY BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Grease muffin cups or use paper muffin liners.
• Mix together wheat bran and milk, and let stand for 10 minutes. (I didn't do this and muffins turned out fine.).
• In a large bowl, mix together applesauce, egg, brown sugar, and vanilla.
• Beat in bran mixture.
• Sift together all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Stir into bran mixture until just blended. Fold in blueberries.
• Scoop into muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until tops spring back when lightly tapped.

LOW-FAT, HIGH FIBER ORANGE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Cut orange into pieces, remove seeds, leave peel on.
• Put in blender and puree along with orange juice.
• Add egg, butter and applesauce.
• Puree again.
• Combine dry ingredients, stir in contents of blender.
• Barely mix in blueberries.
• Spoon muffin cups 3/4 full.
• Bake at 375 for 17 minutes.

SPICY ORANGE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine bran and buttermilk, let stand while assembling other ingredients.
• In bowl, combine remaining dry ingredients.
• In another bowl, combine egg, brown sugar, honey, molasses and oil.
• Mix well.
• Add bran mixture.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Bake in sprayed muffin tin in 375 degree oven for 20 minutes.
• Best served warm.

HIGH FIBRE FRUIT AND NUT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Cream butter and brown sugar.
• Add molasses and eggs and beat well.
• Add milk, bran, flaxseed and cereal.
• Combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves.
• Add to liquid ingredients.
• Add fruit and nuts.
• Spoon into prepared muffin tins 2/3 full.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 18 minutes.
• Makes 16 average sized muffins.