Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 each)
  • Calories:
  • 282
  • Fat:
  • 13 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 7 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 39 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 196 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 42 g
  • Fiber:
  • 3 g
  • Protein:
  • 4 g

Moist Bran Muffins

"My family will eat anything that has chocolate chips in it. These muffins are no exception," explains Shirley Oakman from Calgary, Alberta. If you would prefer, stir raisins into the muffin batter instead of adding chocolate chips.

SERVINGS

24

CATEGORY

Breads

METHOD

Baked

PREP

15 min.

COOK

18 min.

TOTAL

33 min.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1-1/2 cups wheat bran*
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips or raisins

DIRECTIONS

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add molasses; mix well. Combine the dry ingredients. Combine eggs and buttermilk; add to creamed mixture alternately with dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips.
    Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 375° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen. *Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with Red Mill wheat bran.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Nov 19, 2008

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