Harvest Bran Muffins

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 23 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups wheat bran
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1/4 cup canola oil or 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 1/2 cup golden seedless raisins
• 1/2 cup finely chopped dried apricot

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 f degrees.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, combine wheat bran, flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder; stir well to blend.
• 3 in a separate mixing bowl, beat egg.
• 4 add brown sugar, oil, buttermilk, molasses, raisins and chopped dried apricots and mix well to blend.
• 5 add liquid ingredients all at once to the dry ingredients.
• 6 stir until dry ingredients are just moistened.
• 7 line a 12 cup muffin baking pan with paper liners.
• 8 fill cups 3/4 full with mixture.
• 9 bake in preheated 375 f oven for 20 to 23 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched.
• 10 remove muffins to a wire rack to cool.
• 11 as a variation, replace 1/2 cup natural wheat bran wih 1/2 cup of oat bran and then increase the buttermilk to 1 1/3 cups.