Community Pick
Raisin Bran Muffins That Work
photo by fawn512
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
12 muffins
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)
directions
- Preheat oven to 400F; prepare muffin pans by lining cups with paper muffin liners.
- In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, oil, molasses, sugar and vanilla.
- Stir in bran; let stand for 5 minutes.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to egg mixture, stirring just until combined.
- Carefully stir in raisins, being careful not to overmix.
- Fresh blueberries, or unthawed frozen ones, can be substituted for raisins, by the way.
- Spoon into paper-lined muffin cups, filling right to the top.
- 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.
- 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.
- Remove muffins from pan and cool on rack.
Reviews
-
WOW! This recipe is outstanding! I'm a baker in a family-run bakery, and these blow the bran muffins we make out of the water! I will be sharing this recipe with my employer, for sure. I didn't have any raisins on hand at home, so I added the zest of one orange, along with a big handful of frozen cranberries. I'm very impressed, thanks so much for sharing!
see 54 more reviews
Tweaks
-
These muffins are super tasty! I subbed oat bran, because that's what I had, and turned up 1/2 a cup short, so I threw in some rolled oats. I liked the texture and flavor the oats gave to the muffins. I subbed whole wheat flour, used about half the molasses that was called for, and used a mashed banana for most of the oil. Oh, and I went with blueberries... BF ate all the raisins. =) Yum! Might add some nuts next time...
-
Excellent! I doubled and made the following changes. Applesauce instead of oil and whole wheat flour instead of all purpose and used fresh blueberries. Those three changes dropped the fat by 10X and dropped the calories by 120 per muffin (Using the sparkpeople recipe calculator). Easy, quick, and very tasty. I will make often and change the fruit. Thanks again!
-
These were really good. I made a few minor changes. I used oat bran instead of wheat, used honey instead of molasses because I didn't have molasses. I added ground flax meal and cut the oil down to 1/4 cup. Also used fat free milk and added cinnamon. Instead of raisins I used dates. Really good recipe, the texture came out great.
see 3 more tweaks
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
I have been sharing recipes here at Recipezaar since October 2001. You won't see me around anymore, although if you're an old-school Zaarite you'll remember that in the past, you couldn't shut me up!