Oatmeal Bran Muffins With Raisins Pecans Recipes

RAISIN OATMEAL BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Sift flours, Splenda/Equal, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together mixing well; add in the bran and oatmeal.
• In a second bowl, use a mixer to blend the buttermilk, apple juice concentrate, egg whites, honey about 2 minutes.
• Pour dry ingredients into wet stirring until just moist; gently mix in golden raisins and hot (not boiling) water.
• Spoon batter into muffin tins with cups or lightly sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 20 minutes until just browned and firm.

OATMEAL RAISIN BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease 2 12-cup muffin tins.
• In a large bowl, stir together milk, yogurt, and oil.
• Stir in cereal, and let stand for 5-10 minutes to soften.
• Stir in sugars until combined.
• Add eggs, and stir until incorporated.
• Add flour, oats, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir until just combined.
• Stir in dried cranberries and apples.
• Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups.
• If using, sprinkle nuts and sugar evenly over muffin batter.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until muffins spring back when lightly touched.
• Cool in pan for 5-10 minutes before removing.

OATMEAL BRAN MUFFINS WITH RAISINS & PECANS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the 100% Bran cereal with the boiling water and let stand until cool.
• In the bowl of your mixer on high speed, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the buttermilk, eggs, extract, and soaked bran, mixing well and scraping down the bowl after each addition.
• Add the flour, All-Bran, oatmeal, baking soda and salt.
• Mix well.
• Fold in the raisins and pecans.
• Cover the mixture tightly and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, but you can refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Grease or line with paper liners 18 muffin cups.
• Spoon the batter into each, filling them full.
• Bake until browned on top and the edges are starting to pull away from the sides, about 25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and turn out onto a rack to cool for 10 minutes before serving.
• Note: This recipe is great for when company comes--I make up a batch, and keep in the fridge.
• Make as few or as many muffins as I like each morning.
• My husband likes to have this in the fridge sometimes so he can bake himself a few muffins for breakfast or the commute into work.
• Good "do ahead" mix.

OAT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Line or grease 12 muffin cups.
• Blend together brown sugar, oat bran, flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Add eggs, chilled applesauce, and vegetable oil. Mix until well-blended. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• VARIATIONS: Add 1 cup plumped raisins, with a little bit of raisin water (approximately 2 tablespoons). Or, before baking, sprinkle mixture of sugar and cinnamon over the tops of the muffins. Or, add 1 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg to flour mixture.

OATMEAL-PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
• Spread pecans on a baking sheet and place in the oven as it preheats. Watch carefully and cook pecans until lightly toasted and fragrant, stirring occasionally, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove, and chop when cool enough to handle.
• Meanwhile, combine applesauce, vegetable oil, maple syrup, brown sugar, and egg in a large bowl; mix until thoroughly combined.
• Mix together whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Add applesauce mixture to the flour mixture, stirring until just moistened. Fold in oats, cranberries, and chopped pecans. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Serve warm or transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

OATMEAL RAISIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine oats and buttermilk. In a small bowl, combine the egg, brown sugar and oil; stir in oat mixture. Combine the dry ingredients; stir into batter just until moistened. Fold in raisins. , Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 400° for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.