Chocolate Oat Bran Food

OAT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Line or grease 12 muffin cups.
• Blend together brown sugar, oat bran, flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Add eggs, chilled applesauce, and vegetable oil. Mix until well-blended. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• VARIATIONS: Add 1 cup plumped raisins, with a little bit of raisin water (approximately 2 tablespoons). Or, before baking, sprinkle mixture of sugar and cinnamon over the tops of the muffins. Or, add 1 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg to flour mixture.

OATMEAL BRAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Add oatmeal, bran and chocolate chips. Mix well. Drop from spoon onto cookie sheet. Bake at 375F for 12 minutes.

HEARTY OATMEAL & BRAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; blend into creamed mixture.
• Stir in chocolate chips, cereal, bran, rolled oats and peanuts.
• Preheat oven at 375 degrees.
• Form small balls unto greased baking sheets (for chewy cookies leave in a ball, for crispier cookies flatten a bit).
• Bake in oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on racks.

CHOCOLATE OAT BRAN

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl and stir until all lumps have dissolved.
• Microwave on high for two minutes or until desired consistency.

CHOCOLATE OAT BRAN COOKIES WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Steps:

• Mix oat bran and water, let stand at room temperature for 30-45 minutes .
• (This timing is very important.) Cream margarine, sugar and sugar substitute together until light and fluffy.
• Add egg whites and vanilla and mix at medium speed for 30 seconds Scrape down the bowl Stir flour, cocoa, soda, dry buttermilk and salt together to blend well.
• Add to the creamed mixture along with the oat bran mixture and mix at medium speed to blend.
• Add chocolate chips to dough Drop by tablespoonful onto cookie sheets that have been sprayed with pan spray or lined with aluminum foil.
• Bake at 375° for 12 minutes.
• (The cookies will not be crisp if they are not baked the full length of time.) Remove from hot cookie sheets to wire racks to cool.
• Use 1 cookie per serving.
• This recipe is a good source of fiber.
• Food exchanges per serving (1 cookie): 2/3 bread and 1 fat Low sodium diets: omit salt, use salt-free margarine Low-cholesterol diets: May be used as written.

OAT-BRAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the remaining ingredients. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, soak bran flakes in the milk for half an hour. Then preheat the oven to 400 F. Whisk all remaining ingredients into the bowl to form a batter. Portion into lined muffin tins, and bake on the center rack for 20 minutes. The muffins taste even better the next day, and liners peel off easily after a day as well. View Nutrition Facts