Best Lime And Ginger Bran Muffins 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.

GINGERBREAD BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. Spread the wheat bran evenly on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until fragrant and toasted, about 8 minutes. Remove the bran from the oven and increase the heat to 450 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the toasted bran, graham flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and cloves. In a large bowl, whisk together the molasses, vegetable oil, dark brown sugar and eggs. Stir in the buttermilk, raisins and ginger.
• Gently stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, just until everything is evenly moistened. Don't overdo it.
• Divide the batter evenly among the prepared cups. Transfer to the oven and immediately reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake until the tops are nice and puffed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 22 to 25 minutes. Transfer the muffins to a rack to cool completely.

BRAN-GINGERUM MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly coat muffin cups with cooking spray or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a medium bowl, beat together oil, applesauce, milk, yogurt, egg, strawberry jam, and vanilla extract.
• In a food processor, grind bran flake cereal to a fine powder; this should make about 1 1/4 cups flour. Transfer to a large bowl, and stir together with whole wheat flour, wheat bran, buckwheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, ground ginger, pumpkin pie spice, allspice, and ground nutmeg. Pour in applesauce mixture, and mix thoroughly. Spoon mixture into prepared muffin cups, filling until level with the top of the muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven 26 to 30 minutes, or until muffins test done with a toothpick. Remove muffins from pan, and cool on wire racks.

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!

FIG BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 12-capacity muffin pan with cooking spray. Thinly slice the whole figs.
• In a large bowl, combine the cereal and milk. Let sit until softened, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk together the whole-wheat flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl.
• Add the applesauce, honey, oil, molasses, and egg to the cereal mixture and stir until combined. Add the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Gently stir in the chopped figs. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and top each muffin with a fig slice. Tap the pan on the counter a few times to remove any air bubbles.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center of 1 of the muffins comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. If necessary, run a knife around the muffins to loosen. Unmold and cool completely on a rack.
• Excellent source of: Fiber, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Folate, Manganese, Phosphorus
• Good source of: Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Selenium, Zinc

LIME AND GINGER BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine ginger, 2 tbsp of lime & 1/4 of sugar in a small pot.
• Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes or until sugar has dissolved & mixture is hot.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• Stir in lime zest (wait until it's cool, or else the zest will cook and you will lose the bright green colour).
• Whisk butter with remaining 1/2 cup sugar until smooth.
• Whisk in eggs and buttermilk until blended.
• Combine bran, flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder in a large bowl.
• Stir in buttermilk mixture - Do not overmix.
• Spoon batter into 12 large well-greased or paper-lined muffin cups.
• Fill to about 3/4 full.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• GLAZE: Prepare glaze by combining sugar, water and lime juice in a small pot.
• Bring to a boil over high heat and boil for 1 minute.
• Prick hot muffins several times with a toothpick or skewer and brush muffin with glaze.
• Cool in pan on a rack.

BETTER THAN BRAN MUFFIN

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven at 350.
• Beat eggs, add sugar till fluffy.
• Add the remaining ingedients, beating in between.
• Bake for about 15 minutes.
• Makes 20 muffins.

TRIPLE-GINGER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees and line a standard muffin tin with paper liners.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, butter, eggs, milk, molasses and grated ginger, and whisk until smooth.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, ground ginger and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. (Be careful not to overmix! The batter will be slightly lumpy.) Stir in 3/4 cup crystallized ginger, reserving the remaining 3 tablespoons for the topping.
• Using an ice cream scoop or a large spoon, divide the batter between the 12 muffin cups. Sprinkle the reserved crystallized ginger onto the tops of the muffins, and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean and the muffins spring back when lightly pressed. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then carefully transfer muffins to a cooling rack and cool completely.

CARROT GINGER BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Boil juice over high heat until it becomes syrupy. Set aside and let cool.
• In a large bowl, whisk together wheat bran, flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and dried ginger.
• In a separate bowl, combine reduced juice, egg, yogurt, carrot, fresh ginger, and molasses. Combine mixtures and then fold in pumpkin seeds.
• Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin cups. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Cool on a wire rack.

LIME AND FRESH GINGER MUFFINS

Steps:

• Line 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
• Preheat oven to 375°.
• In a food processor, process sugar, ginger, and lime zest until finely chopped and mixture resembles wet sand.
• In a big bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In another bowl, whisk the ginger mixture, eggs, buttermilk, and oil together until blended.
• Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just blended.
• Divide batter equally among muffin cups.
• Bake for 18-22 minutes or until tops are light golden brown and a pick comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 3 minutes, then transfer to rack to cool while you make the icing.
• In a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar, lime zest, and lime juice; stir until smooth.
• Spoon over the tops of warm muffins and let cool.

PLUM JAM WITH LIME AND GINGER

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in pot and bring to a boil.
• Boil rapidly to almost the jelling point.
• This will be where you are stirring as it is still boiling for 15 minutes.
• As it thickens make sure to stir so not to burn.
• Ladle into sterilized jars leaving 1/4 inch head space.
• Process 15 minutes in a boiling water bath.