Oat Bran And Dried Fruit Muffins Recipes

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.

OAT BRAN AND DRIED FRUIT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F. Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick spray or line with foil or paper liners.
• Combine the dried fruit, rolled oats, oat bran, flour, banana, brown sugar, baking powder, and cinnamon in a food processor. Pulse until the mixture is just blended, then transfer to a bowl.
• Combine the milk, orange juice, egg whites, oil, and orange zest in another bowl. Add the milk mixture to the dried fruit mixture; stir just until blended.
• Spoon the batter into cups, filling each about two-thirds full. Bake until surface of the muffins are golden brown and spring back when lightly pressed, or until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool on a rack 10 minutes before serving. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

OAT BRAN MUFFINS WITH DRIED FRUIT

Steps:

• Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Combine the fruit, oats, oat bran, flour, banana, brown sugar, baking powder and cinnamon in a food processor.
• Pulse until mixture is just blended, then transfer to a bowl.
• Combine milk, orange juice, egg whites, oil and orange zest in another bowl.
• Add the milk mixture to the dried fruit mixture; stir just until blended.
• Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling two-thirds full.
• Bake 15 minutes or until the surface of the muffins are golden brown and spring back when lightly pressed, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from pan and cool on a rack for 10 minutes before serving.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

OATMEAL RAISIN BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease 2 12-cup muffin tins.
• In a large bowl, stir together milk, yogurt, and oil.
• Stir in cereal, and let stand for 5-10 minutes to soften.
• Stir in sugars until combined.
• Add eggs, and stir until incorporated.
• Add flour, oats, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir until just combined.
• Stir in dried cranberries and apples.
• Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups.
• If using, sprinkle nuts and sugar evenly over muffin batter.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until muffins spring back when lightly touched.
• Cool in pan for 5-10 minutes before removing.

OAT BRAN FRUIT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (180c).
• In one bowl combine all of the dry ingredients - oat bran, oatmeal, fruit, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a second bowl, lightly beat the egg whites by hand. Whisk in the yogurt, oil, applesauce and brown sugar. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just mix. Do not over beat as it will result in a tough lumpy muffin.
• Spoon batter into lightly sprayed muffin tin. (Use paper liners if you prefer.) Bake 33 to 38 minutes, toothpick should be clean.