I have a horrible time getting my husband to eat breakfast. If he has to sit down to eat something, he won’t eat anything at all. This bran muffin recipe came from my mom-in-law’s family, and it is my trick to get Brenton to sit down (yes, you read that right) and eat breakfast. There are some things I just can’t explain. He won’t eat breakfast if it is something he would have to sit down to eat, but if he could just grab it and go (like bran muffins) he will sit down and eat breakfast with me. I love him anyways.
As an aside note, these muffins are very high fiber and great for pregnancy. They are a kitchen staple right now.
I am not above tricks Breakfast Bran Muffins.
This recipe makes a HUGE batch that will fill a gallon ice cream pail.
2 c. 100% bran
2 c. boiling water
1/3 c. margarine
2 1/3 c sugar
4 eggs, beaten
4 c. buttermilk
5 t soda
1 t salt
5 c flour
4 c all-bran cereal
2 c raisins
Mix bran and boiling water, make sure you stir while you are adding the bran to the water other wise you will get lumps of dry bran.
In a separate bowl, cream margarine and sugar. Add eggs. Beat until fluffy. Stir in bran and buttermilk. I confess that I have substituted regular milk or sourmilk for the buttermilk.
Add dry ingredients, folding in. Add raisins. My kitchenaid mixing bowl is big enough to stir all the ingredients but the bran cereal and the rasins. At that point, I transfer the batter into what I refer to as “the world’s biggest tupperware bowl” to stir in the last two ingredients. I also use this bowl for storing the batter in the fridge
fill greased or lined muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake 20 mins at 375* F.
Will keep up to 8 weeks in fridge. The batter will get dryer and turn more brown as the bran cereal absorbs moisture and breaks down–this is normal. This is a somewhat dough-y batter (because of all the soluble fiber), if the batter gets too dry, sprinkle a bit of water (about 1 T at a time) and stir in.
I wonder how these bran muffins would taste with dried blueberries,craisins, or some other dried fruit instead.
