Molasses Bran Muffins

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"There are so many benefits to increasing the fiber in your diet. Foods high in fiber help to soak up LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream, thus reducing the risk of arterial deposits and possible myocardial infarction. Studies show that fiber also helps to slow the absorption of sugar in the gut, which helps to stabilize blood-glucose levels, which is good for diabetics, those who suffer from insulin resistance and obesity. These muffins are a fairly painless way to add fiber to your diet--at least for non-diabetics. Probably too much sugar for a diabetic--sorry."

 

• Ready In: 52mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 12 muffins

ingredients

• 1 cup all-bran cereal or 1 cup 100% all-bran cereal
• 1 1⁄2 cups milk
• 1 cup molasses
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup raisins (apricots, pears, peaches, prunes, or figs) or 1/2 cup other minced dried fruit (apricots, pears, peaches, prunes, or figs)

directions

1. Prepare muffin tin by coating with with non-stick cooking spray.
2. In a mixing bowl, add the bran cereal and milk; let stand for 5 minutes.
3. Add in the molasses, oil, and egg; stir to blend.
4. In another mixing bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
5. Add the liquid ingredients and raisins to the flour mixture; fold just until blended (do not overmix).
6. Spoon batter into muffin tin (12).
7. Bake in a 400° oven for 20-22 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from the sides and pick comes out clean.
8. Cool on a wire rack before removing from the pan.

Reviews

[laurenpie]

Love the molasses flavor and the dense moist texture! Cooked in a loaf pan: 70 min at 350 degrees; (covered last 15 minutes) ('til knife came out clean) and it was perfect! My Substitutions: buttermilk for the milk, 100% oat bran for the bran cereal, butter for the oil, and doubled the raisins. NEXT TIME: Add 2 tsp cinnamon, 2 tsp ginger, 1 tsp cloves, 1/2 tsp allspice (I like the spices heavy). Additional Note: I love how this loaf, sliced, toasts perfectly in a vertical toaster without crumbling! Hubby loved this recipe too.

 

[Gisele H.]

Just out of the oven. Followed the indications to the letter. 12 big muffins came out of the oven. I used paper muffin liner cups instead of using cooking spray on my muffins tin. They are moist and delicious. It's my first time using unbleached flour. They are exactly what I was looking for. Adding this recipe to my binder of favourite recipes. Thank you.

 

[marilynkr]

Exceptional. Generally, I use whole wheat flour, applesauce (no oil,), almond milk and a great unsulphured blackstrap molasses (magnesium for the heart,) Never get tired of these good -for -you muffins

 

[Wendy W.]

I tweaked the recipe quite a bit, used applesauce instead of oil, dried blueberries instead of raisins and added a mashed banana. They were awesome! Moist and flavorful, will most assuredly make these again!

 

[tinkerb333]

These are great muffins, but they make 18 and not 12; as well, the nutrition information does not match the ingredients. They are 194 calories per muffin, 2 grams of fiber, 3 grams of protein, and the biggest shocker of all is that they have 17 grams of sugar, not the 4.4 shown in the chart