Bran Muffins-in-waiting

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 3 1/2 cups oat bran or 3 1/2 cups wheat bran
• 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sour milk

Recipe

• 1 mix water with 1 cup bran.
• 2 sift flour with baking soda.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat butter until creamy.
• 4 add sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating after each addition.
• 5 blend in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 scrape sides of bowl often.
• 7 stir in flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time, alternating with butter/sour milk, added 1/2 cup at a time also.
• 8 stir in soaked bran and the remaining bran cereal.
• 9 cover and store in refrigerator at least 6 hours before baking.
• 10 to bake muffins, heat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 11 grease 2 1/2-inch muffin cups.
• 12 stir batter gently.
• 13 fill each muffin cup with about 1/4 c batter.
• 14 bake about 20 minutes, or until nicely browned.
• 15 remove from pan and serve hot with butter.