Shmackin Good Bran Muffins

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup raisins
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup yogurt (plain or vanilla, nonfat or lowfat)
• 1 1/2 cups wheat bran (not oat bran)
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup splenda granular
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut

Recipe

• 1 (note: if you don't have splenda or prefer to use real sugar, then change ingredients to 2/3 cup brown sugar and 2 tbsp of molasses.).
• 2 preheat oven to 350f and grease muffin pan *heavily*.
• 3 put raisins in a mug and cover with warm water by 1 inch. microwave for a minute to warm it up. set aside to soak.
• 4 mix milk and yogurt together, mix in wheat bran. set aside to soak.
• 5 in a large bowl, mix together *dry* ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt.
• 6 in a medium bowl, mix together *wet* ingredients: oil, egg, sugar, vanilla, molasses. when blended, add in the bran & milk & yogurt and mix inches
• 7 drain the raisins, which should now be soft and moist, and mix them into the *wet*.
• 8 if you're including walnuts and/or coconut, mix them into the wet ingredients now.
• 9 double-check that the muffin pan is greased and the oven is hot.
• 10 *rapidly* mix the wet into the dry. the moment it is mixed, spoon into muffin pan and slam it in the oven.
• 11 set the timer for 18 minutes. give it the standard toothpick test for doneness (stick it in the middle; it should come out clean). it may need to bake as much as 22 minute.