Bran Muffins

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 3 cups hodgson mill unprocessed wheat bran
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter (or canola oil)
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 mix 1 cup wheat bran with 1 cup boiling water; stir and let water absorb into bran. (this would be a good time to throw in some raisins and let them soften).
• 2 in a separate bowl, blend sugar and butter.
• 3 measure and combine flour, baking soda and salt.
• 4 combine the moist bran with beaten eggs, the remaining 2 cups of bran, buttermilk, blended sugar-butter mixture, and flour, soda and salt mixture. stir until well blended.
• 5 place in the refigerator for future use, or bake at once.
• 6 when preparing to bake, preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 7 stir batter well and spoon into prepared muffin tins.
• 8 bake 15 minutes.
• 9 keep remaining mixture in airtight container for 2-4 weeks.