Raisin Bran Muffins That Work

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup 1% low-fat milk
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups wheat bran
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup raisins (or blueberries, unthawed if frozen)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400f; prepare muffin pans by lining cups with paper muffin liners.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, oil, molasses, sugar and vanilla.
• 3 stir in bran; let stand for 5 minutes.
• 4 in a small mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to egg mixture, stirring just until combined.
• 5 carefully stir in raisins, being careful not to overmix.
• 6 fresh blueberries, or unthawed frozen ones, can be substituted for raisins, by the way.
• 7 spoon into paper-lined muffin cups, filling right to the top.
• 8 bake in preheated oven for approximately 20 minutes, or until muffins are firm to the touch; do not overbake or muffins will be dry and tough.
• 9 as mentioned in the description, i like to cut this recipe in half (half of 3/4 cup brown sugar is 1/4 cup+ 2 tbsp) and bake the 6 in my toaster oven; after 20 minutes they are always done to perfection and i don't heat up my kitchen.
• 10 remove muffins from pan and cool on rack.