Your Favourite Cereal Muffins

"I found this recipe many years ago in Chatelaine magazine. It is a great way to use up dry cereal. I have made it with rice krispies, Honey Bunches of Oats and granola and each time they turned out great."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
13
Yields:
12 muffins
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper cups.
  • In a large mixing bowl, use a fork to stir the flour with the sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
  • Make a well in the centre.
  • In a small bowl, whisk the milk with the egg and vanilla.
  • Whisk in the butter.
  • Peel the apple, if you wish, and coarsely chop.
  • Pour the milk mixture into the centre of the dry ingredients and stir just until combined.
  • Stir in the apple, raisins and cereal.
  • Place the batter in the muffin cups.
  • Sprinkle with extra cereal or cinnamon sugar if desired.
  • Bake in the centre of the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of a muffin comes out clean.
  • Remove the muffins from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
  • Serve right away or place in a plastic bag and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze.

Questions & Replies

  1. cld. i use steel cut oats in this recipe
     
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Reviews

  1. These were the worse muffins ever I should have know when it called for two cups flour I know better that is way to much flour dry and taste like flour. May a mistake in recipe?waste of Sunday morning breakfast eggs were ok
     
  2. Best muffins ever! Made them using Great Grains Cranberry Almond Crunch. Used 1 cup of no-sugar added fruit cocktail for the fruit. I find this to be an easy alternative to peeling and chopping. Also added an 1/2 cup of applesauce to the batter because it was very thick. Came out very moist and very, very tasty.
     
  3. I used pear and a mix of 5 diff cereal. I love it.
     
  4. This is a very easy, forgiving recipe to play around with. I am trying to use up "its and bits, odds and sods" from my cupboards and fridge. I used buttermilk, brown sugar Splenda, Grapeseed oil, pear, and All Bran cereal. The muffins came out tasty, moist and dense...the pear being a particularly nice addition!! What a wonderful way to use up all those little ingredients that seem to be always present in the cupboards!!! Thanks for the posting...this recipe will definately become a favorite
     
  5. I am always trying new cereal that is more healthy but the fact is I like sugary cereal that I try to force down w/ fresh fruit but never make it through the box. I have a Cure!!! I used this on a very very healthy ceral w/ no taste lots of bran and it turned out great. We didn't have an apple or pear on hand so we used 3/4 or 1cup of canned fruit cocktail and no dried fruit (didn't have). Next time I may try canned pears or an apple, and will try cranberries! Oh a must do both sugar/cinnamon combo on top and crushed cereal we used crushed cinnamon life so yummy! Thank You I enjoyed sharing w/ my 1.5 year old.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Is it fine to freeze the left over batter?
     
  2. Used whole wheat white flour, buttermilk, fruit cocktail instead of chopped apple, and added 1/2 cup applesauce for moistness.
     
  3. Wonderful muffin! I used whole wheat pastry flour, 2 egg whites instead of the 1 egg, sucanat (unprocessed sugar) and soy milk. I also hadn't read it properly and didn't have an apple or a pear so I used apple sauce. I put in dried cranberries and used Kashi Good Friends cereal which has clusters, flakes, and raisins. So I got raisin & cranberries which thrills me to no end! I made them as mini muffins and got 30 minis that needed to cook for about 21 minutes. Lovely flavor and texture.
     

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