Bakery Style Bran Muffins Recipes

CLASSIC BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Mix together wheat bran and buttermilk; let stand for 10 minutes.
• Beat together oil, egg, sugar and vanilla and add to buttermilk/bran mixture. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into buttermilk mixture, until just blended. Fold in raisins and spoon batter into prepared muffin tins.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool and enjoy!

BAKERY-STYLE BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Adust oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 375.
• Beat butter in large bowl of electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy, 1-2 minute.
• Add brown sugar, increase speed to medum-high, and beat until combined and fluffy, about 1 minute longer.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly before adding the next.
• Beat in vanilla, molasses, and sour cream until thoroughly combined and creamy, about 1 minute longer.
• Reduce speed to low and beat in buttermilk and half the flour mixture until combined, about 1 minute longer.
• Beat in remaining flour mixture unil incorporated and slightly curdled looking, about 1 minute longer, scraping sides of bowl as necessary.
• Stir in bran and raisins.
• Spray a twelve mold muffins tin (each mold measuring 1/2 cup) or a six mold muffin tin (each mold measuring one cup) with cooking spray.
• Divide batter evenly using ice cream scoop or spoon.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into center withdraws cleanly of with a few moist particles adhering to it, about 25 minute Set on wire rack to cool slightly, about 5 minute Remove muffins from tin and serve warm.
• Makes 12 small muffins or 6 jumbo muffins.

UPPER CRUST BAKERY APPLE-BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl blend together the first ten (dry) ingredients.
• In a separate bowl, combine the remaining ingredients (wet ingredients), and mix well.
• Add the wet ingredients to the bowl with the dry ingredients, and mix until the dry ingredients are just moistened.
• Do not overmix.
• Refrigerate batter overnight.
• Muffin batter can be kept refrigerated for about 1 week.
• To bake, spray the top of the muffin pan (s) with non-stick spray.
• Line the cups with paper liners.
• Fill each cup to the rim with muffin batter.
• Bake at 400 degree F.
• 25-30 minutes.
• Muffins are done when firm and just lightly colored around edges.
• The tops will overflow when baked to meet other muffins.
• Cut apart to serve.
• For standard size muffins, fill cups 2/3 full.
• Brush tops with warm honey, if desired, while still warm.
• Makes about 24 muffins.

BRAN MUFFINS FROM SARABETH'S BAKERY

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven; preheat to 400°.
• Brush the insides of 10 muffins cups with softened butter, then brush the top of the pan.
• Whisk the bran, flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat the butter in the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on high speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Gradually add the sugar; beat, scraping the sides of the bowl often with a silicone spatula until the mixture is very light in color and texture, about 5 minutes.
• Add the honey and beat for 1 minute.
• Gradually add in the eggs, beating well after each addition.
• Decrease mixer speed to low; in thirds, beat in the bran mixture, alternating with two equal additions of milk, scraping down the sides of the bowl often, and mix until smooth.
• Stir in the raisins.
• Using a 2 1/2 inch diameter ice-cream scoop, portion the batter, rounded side up, into the cups.
• Bake for 10 minutes; decrease oven temperature to 375° and continue baking until the tops of the muffins are browned and a cake tester comes out clean, about 15 minutes more.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove muffins from pan to wire rack and cool completely.