Molasses Bran Muffins
- Ready In:
- 52mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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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
- Prepare muffin tin by coating with with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a mixing bowl, add the bran cereal and milk; let stand for 5 minutes.
- Add in the molasses, oil, and egg; stir to blend.
- In another mixing bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add the liquid ingredients and raisins to the flour mixture; fold just until blended (do not overmix).
- Spoon batter into muffin tin (12).
- Bake in a 400° oven for 20-22 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from the sides and pick comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack before removing from the pan.
Reviews
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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.
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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.
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Tweaks
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These muffins turned out moist and delicious, with a very distinctive but subtle hint of rich molasses. Because I didn't have quite enough molasses, I substituted 1/2 molasses and 1/2 real maple syrup. I also used lowfat buttermilk instead of milk (I was looking to use up a container of buttermilk purchased for another recipe), and I threw in a handful of coarsely chopped walnuts. These baked for exactly 22 minutes at 400 degress...perfect! I can't wait to have a muffin with coffee tomorrow morning.
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No wonder these 12 muffins have so many calories for a healthier muffin- they're huge! I made 24 minimuffins and 12 regular-sized muffins from this... next time I'll halve the recipe. Anyways, I made several substitutions- I used skim milk, applesauce instead of the oil,2 egg whites, and 1 cup whole-wheat flour. Guess what? These were still great! The weird thing was, I accidently burnt the minimuffins a little bit, yet the inside was so moist and yummy still. Weird.Anyways, highly reccomend this recipe- and halving it, if you, like me, are serving for only 2 people.