Christmas Bran Muffins

We eat these muffins every year on Christmas morning. They are wonderful just out of the oven with a little butter. Yum!

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 12 muffins

Ingredients

• 2  shredded wheat biscuits (each is about 2 1/2 by 4 inches)
• 1  cup boiling water
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 3⁄8 cup butter
• 2  cups buttermilk
• 2  eggs
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2  cups  all-bran cereal (or generic bran flakes)
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour

Directions

1. Pour boiling water over shredded wheat biscuits. Let cool.
2. Cream sugar and butter together until light and fluffy.
3. Add cooled shredded wheat
4. Add eggs separately, beating until well blended.
5. Stir baking soda into buttermilk. *.
6. Add buttermilk and soda to mixture. **.
7. Add salt, bran flakes and flour.
8. Stir just to blend.
9. Store in refridgerator for three days.
10. Do not stir.
11. Spoon into muffin cups (1/2 -3 /4 filled).
12. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 – 15 minutes.
13. If using a buttermilk substitute:.
14. * Stir together the baking soda, flour and buttermilk powder.
15. ** Add the water called for by the buttermilk substitute.