Best Bran Muffins With Dried Fruit Recipes

BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven 375 degrees F. Line a standard muffin tin with paper liners or grease with cooking spray.
• Add raisins to a small bowl and soak them in hot water for 10 minutes, to allow them to plump. Meanwhile mix together bran and buttermilk, let stand 5 minutes.
• Grate the carrots and chop walnuts (if using) and set aside.
• Add egg, egg white, oil, sugar and vanilla to a mixing bowl and mix by hand until combined. Stir in bran mixture. Stir in carrots, nuts, raisins.
• Stir together flour, salt, soda, and baking powder, then add to the batter, stirring just until combined (don't over mix!).
• Divide batter among muffin tins, filling them full. Bake for 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Allow to cool for a few minutes in the pan before removing to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

OAT BRAN MUFFINS WITH DRIED FRUIT

Steps:

• Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Combine the fruit, oats, oat bran, flour, banana, brown sugar, baking powder and cinnamon in a food processor.
• Pulse until mixture is just blended, then transfer to a bowl.
• Combine milk, orange juice, egg whites, oil and orange zest in another bowl.
• Add the milk mixture to the dried fruit mixture; stir just until blended.
• Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling two-thirds full.
• Bake 15 minutes or until the surface of the muffins are golden brown and spring back when lightly pressed, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove from pan and cool on a rack for 10 minutes before serving.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

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!

BRAN MUFFINS WITH DRIED FRUIT

Steps:

• Combine milk and bran flakes and allow to sit in a bowl.
• Combine dry ingredients, including fruit (I use peaches, apricots, cherries, cranberries, prunes or whatever combo I have in the house).
• Mix eggs, banana, vanilla and oil well and add to bran mixture.
• Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
• Stir to blend, but don't overmix.
• Bake at 375° for 20 minute.
• Makes about 18 regular-size muffins.
• I usually make 6 Texas-size muffins, and use the rest for mini-muffins (bite size). It makes 18 of the regular size muffins.

BRAN MUFFINS WITH DRIED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix cereal, milk, applesauce, oil and egg in large bowl. Let stand 10 minutes to soften bran.
• Stir flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in medium bowl to blend. Mix in chopped dried apples. Add dry ingredients to bran mixture and stir just until moistened.
• Spray twelve 1/3-cup muffin cups with vegetable oil spray. Divide batter among muffin cups. Bake until muffins are light golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Transfer muffins to rack; cool completely.

BRAN CEREAL FRUIT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 54 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Beat bran cereal, buttermilk, flour, sugar, fruit cocktail, vegetable oil, eggs, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until batter is blended, about 2 minutes. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each about 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and set, 16 to 18 minutes.