WHOLE WHEAT APPLE CIDER BRAN MINI MUFFINS

Whole Wheat Apple Cider Bran Mini Muffins image

These mini apple cider muffins are delicious and healthy little bites for breakfast or just a snack.

Provided by Jessi T

Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Muffin Recipes Whole Wheat Muffin Recipes

Time 30m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

cooking spray
¾ cup bran cereal (such as General Mills® Fiber One®)
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tart apple, peeled and diced
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups cold apple cider
½ cup applesauce
2 eggs
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray two 24-cup mini muffin tins with cooking spray.
Place bran cereal in the bowl of a food processor; process until ground to a flour-like consistency. Transfer to a large bowl. Add flour, apple, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt; toss to combine.
Mix together apple cider, applesauce, eggs, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl. Add flour mixture to the apple cider mixture and gently mix until combined; batter will appear runny. Allow to rest while baking soda and apple cider cause batter to thicken and double in size, 1 to 2 minutes.
Scoop a small amount of batter into the prepared muffin cups.
Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool before eating.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 26 calories, Carbohydrate 4.3 g, Cholesterol 6.8 mg, Fat 0.8 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 0.6 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 77.8 mg, Sugar 1.8 g