Ingredients

  • 1 cup oats
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup wheat bran (not bran cereal)
  • 1 12 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 3 extra-large eggs
  • 2 cups milk (combined with milk) or 2 cups buttermilk (combined with milk)
  • 34 cup corn oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 12 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 12 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 12 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3 12 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoons baking powder
  • 1 -1 12 cup golden raisins, chopped apple (depending on your love of raisins) or 1 -1 12 cup of peeled chopped apple

Method

  • Place oats and sugar in a small food processor or blender and zap until the oats have become nearly flour-like.
  • Empty into a bowl and add the wheat bran, vanilla, eggs, milk, oil, salt and spices.
  • Allow to 'rest' for 1/2 an hour (this allows the oats and bran to expand in the liquid and is an important step).
  • Preheat oven to 350F Line muffin tins with liners.
  • Stir in flour and baking powder and mix just to combine.
  • Add raisins, and stir to combine.
  • Fill muffin tins, allowing muffin mixture to come just to the top of the liner.
  • Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.