Delicious Oat Bran Muffins
photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns)
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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12 muffins
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cups oat bran (generic oat bran is usually too coarse, use a fine one)
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup dried apricot (or raisins, or nuts, or whatever)
- 1 egg, beaten (or 2 egg whites)
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 1⁄4 cups skim milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- 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.
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I was not impressed with these muffins at all. I ran out of muffin papers and those I baked in the greased pan were very dark at 18 minutes. The ones in the muffin papers were over baked also, but not quite as bad as the others. I really think the temperature needs to be reduced on this recipe. As for flavor, I don't feel they have any except for "sweet" (I used pecans instead of the apricots). If I ever made these again I would definitely cut back on the sugar and/or honey. To sum it up, I found the muffins to be dry, tasteless, excessively sweet and overcooked. Just not a winner for me.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Manuela
Milano
I'm an environmental engineering and i love cooking, expecially desserts.
I hope you'll enjoy my recipes althaugh sometimes Italian taste is somhow different from American classic recipes.