Apple Bran Muffins From Motts Food

APPLE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a skillet, saute apples in butter until tender, about 10 minutes. Combine cereal and water in a large bowl; stir in buttermilk, eggs, sugar, raisins and apples with butter. Combine dry ingredients; stir into apple mixture just until moistened. Refrigerate in a tightly covered container for at least 24 hours (batter will be very thick). Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

APPLE OAT-BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F Lightly oil muffin pan. Peel and core apples; chop them coarsely. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, stir together pastry flour, white flour, oat bran, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• Add thawed apple juice concentrate, chopped apples, and enough water to make a light batter.
• Mix just enough to moisten all ingredients. Divide batter among the muffin cups and bake till lightly browned, 25-30 minutes.
• Remove muffins from cups while hot.

APPLE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*. Mix flours, bran, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda & salt together in a large bowl.
• In another bowl, whisk together the egg, brown sugar and oil. Stir in the yogurt, apple juice & apple.
• Stir the wet ingredients into the dry until just moistened.
• Spoon into greased (I use cooking spray) muffin tins, filling each to the top.
• TOPPING: Mix together & sprinkle over muffins before baking.
• Bake @ 400* for 18-20 minutes until firm to touch.

BRAN MUFFINS WITH APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
• Mix together brown sugar, applesauce, canola oil, egg, vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl.
• Mix flour, bran, flax, baking soda, and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add bran mixture to applesauce mixture. Add milk and stir until thoroughly combined. Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 11 to 13 minutes.

REFRIGERATOR APPLE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl combine all bran cereal and buttermilk; let stand 5 minutes till cereal is softened.
• Meanwhile in another large bowl combine both flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and raisins and mix well.
• To the cereal and buttermilk mixture add the applesauce, oil, and egg whites and blend well.
• Add this to the flour mixture all at once and stir till just moistened.
• You may bake this immediately or stored in tightly covered container and put in refrigerator for up to two weeks.
• When ready to bake, heat oven to 400 degrees; spray cupcake papers with nonstick cooking spray.
• Stir batter and fill about 3/4 full.
• Bake at 400 degrees for about 15-17 minutes till done.
• Serve warm.

APPLE STREUSEL BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Whisk flour, bran, 3/4 cup brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Beat milk, vegetable oil, and eggs in a separate bowl. Pour liquid ingredients into the flour mixture and stir just until mixed. Gently stir apples into the batter and fill prepared muffin cups about 3/4 full.
• Mix 1/4 cup flour and 1/4 cup brown sugar with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl; cut the butter into the brown sugar mixture until the streusel topping is crumbly. Sprinkle about 1 heaping teaspoon of topping onto each muffin.
• Bake muffins in the preheated oven until browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.