Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 12 cup sugar
  • 14 cup molasses
  • 1 12 cups sour milk or 1 12 cups buttermilk
  • 1 12 tablespoons butter or 1 12 tablespoons shortening, melted
  • 1 12 cups flour, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 12 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 12 cups natural bran
  • 12 cup raisins or 12 cup dates or 12 cup prunes (chopped) or 12 cup fig (chopped)

Method

  • Preheat oven to 400F and grease muffin pans (or use cupcake papers).
  • Beat eggs; add sugar, molasses, sour milk and shortening or butter.
  • Sift the flour with salt and soda; add bran and fruit followed by the liquid mixture gradually.
  • Fill well greased muffin pans 2/3 full and bake for 25 minutes.