Bran Currant Muffins Recipes

BRAN AND CURRANT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly oil nine standard-size muffin cups, or line them with paper liners.
• Combine wheat bran, prune juice, yogurt, currants, molasses, oil, egg, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Stir dry ingredients into the bran mixture just until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not overmix.
• Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling each about three-quarters full. Bake in the center of the oven for 20 minutes.
• Turn muffins out of the pan, and let them cool on a rack.

BRAN FLAX MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease muffin pan or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large bowl, mix together flour, flax seed, oat bran, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add the milk, eggs, vanilla and oil; mix until just blended. Stir in the carrots, apples, raisins and nuts. Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full with batter.
• Bake at 350 F (175 degrees C) for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.

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!

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.

BRAN AND CURRANT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400. Lightly oil nine standard size muffin cups, or line them with paper liners.
• Combine wheat bran, prune juice, yogurt, currants, molasses, oil, egg, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Let stand for 10 minutes.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Stir dry ingredients into the bran mixture just until dry ingredients are moistened. DO NOT OVERMIX.
• Spoon batter into muffin cup, filling each about 3/4 full. Bake in the centre of the oven for 20 minutes.
• Turn muffins out of pan, and let them cool on a rack.
• Per serving: 187 calories, 7 g. fat, 24 mg. cholesterol, 26 g carbohydrate, 200 mg. sodium, 7 g protein, 6 g. dietary fibre.

BRAN-CURRANT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Place bran cereal in a large mixing bowl. Pour in buttermilk, water and oil - stir well and let sit for a few minutes for the bran to soften.
• Mix in eggs and brown sugar.
• Add dry ingredients all at once, stir in just enough to combine.
• Fold in currants.
• This will make about 30 muffins, so grease as many muffin tins as you need and fill the cups 2/3 full.
• Bake at 375 for about 17-20 minutes (depending on how your oven behaves).
• Store remaining batter in a tightly-covered container in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks.

THE ORIGINAL ALL-BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside.2. In large mixing bowl, combine KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN cereal and milk. Let stand about 2 minutes or until cereal softens. Add egg and oil. Beat well. Add flour mixture, stirring only until combined. Portion evenly into twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin pan cups coated with cooking spray.3. Bake at 400°F about 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm. VARIATIONS: * For muffins with reduced calories, fat and cholesterol, use 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons oil and substitute 2 egg whites for 1 egg.* For muffins with reduced fat and cholesterol, substitute 2 egg whites for 1 egg and 1/4 cup sweetened applesauce (or 2 oz. jar bananas baby food) for 1/4 cup vegetable oil. (Muffin texture may vary slightly from The Original All-Bran Muffins recipe.)

RED CURRANT MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and orange zest. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture just until blended. Fold in currants. , Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Serve warm.