The BEST Bran Muffins

I absolutely love these muffins. My FMIL introduced me to the recipe. It's a good day when there are bran muffins in the house! I couldn't help but share the glory of these muffins, so here's the recipe. These are great for breakfast, so I decided to make them this morning. My fiance loves them too, so it's an all-around win! :)

To begin, get your ingredients together. You're going to need bran, buttermilk, whole wheat flour, baking soda, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, an egg, oil, and raisins (optional). 

Then, preheat your oven for 375.

Start by combining one cup buttermilk and 1 cup bran. If you don't have buttermilk (I don't just have buttermilk on hand), you can make a substitute that works just fine. If you have lemon juice or vinegar, you can add one tablespoon of that to one cup of regular milk. Let is stand for about five minutes and voila! You have a perfectly good buttermilk substitute. 

Once your buttermilk is made, add it to the bran. Set it aside and work on the dry ingredients.

Add the flour, baking soda, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves to your mixing bowl. Mix it all up.

Make a well in the center (anyone know why they do this?) and add your wet ingredients, including the buttermilk/bran mixture.

Do some more mixing until it's pretty well combined.

Pour the batter into muffin liners in a muffin tin. Fill them about half way.

Pop 'em in the oven for about 15 minutes.

Ta da! Glorious, warm bran muffins for breakfast. :)

I can't say enough about how much I love these muffins! :) They aren't super sweet and they're very filling. 

I love them. Special thanks to my FMIL, Karla, for sharing the recipe.

And..... Here's the recipe for your C&Ping convenience!

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Bran Muffins
Makes 12 Muffins
Preheat oven 375

Ingredients:
1 C bran
1 C buttermilk (see substitute)
1 C whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 C brown sugar
1 t cinnamon
1/4 t cloves
1 egg
3 T oil
1/2 C raisins (optional)

Directions:
Combine bran and buttermilk, let stand. Mix dry ingredients. Make a well in the center and add liquid ingredients and bran/buttermilk. Mix well. Using tin liners, fill each muffin tin half full. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Enjoy!

Buttermilk substitute:
Add 1 T lemon juice or vinegar to 1 C milk, let stand approximately 5 minutes.

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Hope your day is wonderful!