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natural wheat bran All-Bran boiling water buttermilk shortening sugar brown sugar eggs flour baking soda salt raisins
Viewed: 55 - Published at: 8 years agoIngredients
- 2 cups natural wheat bran
- 2 cups all-bran cereal
- 2 cups boiling water
- 4 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 cups raisins
Method
- In very large bowl, combine bran and bran cereal.
- Add boiling water, stir to moisten and let stand 10 minutes. Add buttermilk.
- In another very large bowl, cream shortening with sugars.
- Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Add bran mixture to creamed mixture, stirring until blended.
- Mix together flour, soda and salt; add raisins.
- Add to bran mixture, stirring until evenly mixed.
- Cover tightly with foil and refrigerate at least 24 hours.
- To make muffins, spoon batter into muffin tins lined with paper baking cups, filling about 3/4 full.
- Bake in 375 oven for 20-25 minutes.
- Make as many muffins as you wish, then return remaining batter to refrigerator.
- Batter will thicken considerably, but don't stir it before spooning it out.
- Recipe makes about 5 dozen muffins; it may be halved successfully.
- Baked muffins freeze well.
