Mamas Make Ahead Bran Muffins Food

MAMA'S MAKE-AHEAD BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over Bran Buds® cereal in a medium bowl and let stand.
• Beat sugar, shortening, and eggs together in a very large bowl that has a lid (I use a large Tupperware® bowl) with an electric mixer until creamy. Add buttermilk, followed by bran-water mixture. Add flour, shredded bran cereal, raisins, baking soda, and salt. Stir until just combined; do not overmix and don't stir again.
• Let sit in the refrigerator at least 4 to 6 hours before baking.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease and flour muffin tins or line with paper liners.
• Scoop batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups, filling each about 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes.

MAKE AHEAD BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine boiling water and baking soda. Cool to room temperature.
• With an electric mixer, cream the butter, eggs, sugar and vanilla until well blended. Set aside.
• In a very large bowl, stir together the flour, salt, All Bran, bran flakes, dates, nuts and buttermilk. Stir in the butter and egg mixture, and then the water and baking soda mixture. Mix until combined.
• Store batter in covered containers in the refrigerator for up to four weeks.
• To make muffins, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin tins with papers, or lightly grease tins.
• Fill muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown and done in the center.

BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt; set aside. In a bowl, combine cereal and milk; let stand for 2 minutes. Add egg and oil; mix well. Add dry ingredients, stirring just until combined. , Spoon into greased muffin cups. Bake at 400° until golden brown, 18-20 minutes. Serve warm.

CLASSIC BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Mix together wheat bran and buttermilk; let stand for 10 minutes.
• Beat together oil, egg, sugar and vanilla and add to buttermilk/bran mixture. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into buttermilk mixture, until just blended. Fold in raisins and spoon batter into prepared muffin tins.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool and enjoy!

SIX-WEEK BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar until well combines. Stir in buttermilk, cereal, flour, oil, baking soda and salt; mix well. Refrigerate at least 6 hours before using. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Batter may be stored, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks.

HIGH FIBER LOW CALORIE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray muffin tins with Pam and set aside.
• Mix all dry ingredients, including raisins, in a large bowl.
• Blend egg whites, buttermilk, water, mashed banana and extracts in a medium bowl.
• Add wet ingredients to dry and stir until thoroughly combined. Fill each muffin tin 1/2 full.
• Bake 15 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack. Freeze leftovers and defrost as needed.

GRANDMA'S REFRIGERATOR BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Soak Bran in boiling water set aside.
• Mix all remaining ingredients in a large mixing bowl than add Bran mixture to it mix till all incorporated .
• mixture must sit 24 hours in fridge before baking muffins this allows it to caramelize, this is an excellent make ahead recipe.
• Bake at 350 till toothpick comes out clean.
• let cool on rack and enjoy.
• This mixture keeps in your fridge for up to 2 weeks and is excellent make your muffins as you need them and enjoy these nice moist fresh muffins.

BRAN MUFFINS - MAKE AHEAD

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine cereal, raisins and chopped dates, pour in boiling water and stir until softened -- set aside.
• In another Large bowl mix flour, baking soda and salt.make well in center and set aside.
• In food processor combine 1 cup of the buttermilk, eggs and marmalade, puree until smooth.
• Pour the buttermilk mixture into separate large bowl and add the remaining cup of buttermilk, applesauce, sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
• Pour buttermilk mixture into well in flour mixture and stir just until blended, add reserve cereal mixture and stir just to combine.
• Cover with plastic wrap and REFRIGERATE 24 HOURS before using.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Spray muffin tins with nonstick spray. Silicone pans are great to use.
• Spoon batter 2/3rds full.
• Bake to golden brown and puffy 20- 25 minutes.
• Let cool 2 minutes then remove muffins from pan.