Ever Ready Oatbran Muffins Recipes

EVER-READY OAT/BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Pour boiling water over bran and let stand.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a very large bowl. Stir well to blend.
• In a separate bowl, cream shortening and sugar together. Then add eggs and buttermilk. Mix well.
• Add liquid ingredients to flour mixure and mix well.
• Add oats, raisins and bran (the bowl will be very full). Stir well to blend.
• Fill greased muffin cups 3/4 full and bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes.
• Store unused muffin batter in refrigerator until ready to use. Mixture can be kept up to 6 weeks.

INCREDIBLE OAT BRAN MUFFINS, PLAIN, BLUEBERRY OR BANANA

Steps:

• *Blueberry or banana variations are at bottom.
• Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees F. Line 12 medium muffin cups with paper baking cups.
• Combine dry ingredients. Add milk, egg, honey, and oil; mix just until ingredients are moistened.
• Fill muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake 14-17 minutes or until golden brown.
• *NOTE: You can stir in 1/2 cup frozen blueberries or 1 medium ripe mashed banana for a fruity variation.
• These are also great the next day cold if you seal them in a baggy or stick em in a container to keep em fresh.

DELICIOUS OAT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• In a large bowl combine oat bran, flour, chopped apricots, baking powder, brown sugar (save 2 tbs), and cinnamon.
• Separately beat the egg with 2tbs of sugar until fluffy and light.
• Warm up milk (just until lukewarm) and dissolve honey in it.
• Mix milk, egg, oil and vanilla.
• Blend together with dry ingredients, adding a bit more skim milk if the mixture seems too thick.
• Line a muffin pan with paper baking cups.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes.
• NOTE: It's almost foolproof, but you can test for doneness with a toothpick if you like: they should be moist but not wet.
• To retain moisture, store in a plastic bag.
• They're best served warm; reheating with the microwave works just fine.

OAT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Line or grease 12 muffin cups.
• Blend together brown sugar, oat bran, flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Add eggs, chilled applesauce, and vegetable oil. Mix until well-blended. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• VARIATIONS: Add 1 cup plumped raisins, with a little bit of raisin water (approximately 2 tablespoons). Or, before baking, sprinkle mixture of sugar and cinnamon over the tops of the muffins. Or, add 1 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg to flour mixture.