APPLESAUCE BRAN MUFFINS

Applesauce Bran Muffins image

Applesauce replaces oil in this old recipe for healthy bran muffins. Great for breakfast or a snack.

Provided by Dottie Worthington

Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Muffin Recipes Bran Muffin Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 ½ cups bran cereal (such as Kellogg's® All-Bran®)
1 cup buttermilk
⅔ cup brown sugar
⅓ cup applesauce (such as Mott's®)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup self-rising flour
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
Mix bran cereal and buttermilk together in a bowl; let sit for 10 minutes.
Beat brown sugar, applesauce, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth; stir into bran cereal mixture. Stir flour into bran cereal mixture until batter is well mixed; fold in walnuts and dried cranberries. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 145.5 calories, Carbohydrate 25.2 g, Cholesterol 16.3 mg, Fat 4 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 3.3 g, SaturatedFat 0.6 g, Sodium 188.6 mg, Sugar 14.3 g