Bran Muffins made with bran FLAKES, not cereal. Really good, IMHO
Oh darn. I just typed this out and it went poof, so I’ll try again.)
This is a recipe for bran muffins made with bran flakes, instead of the bran cereal that has sugar and cost more money.
The original recipe was from the Boston Globe’s “Confidential Chat” column many years ago.
I have tinkered with the recipe to make it more to my liking. I have probably decreased the sugar and added chopped walnuts. Lately, we have also been soaking the raisins overnight, or for a few hours in rum, and the latest addition is to soak them in Captain Morgan’s spiced rum. If you were making these for anybody that does not consume alcohol, or who is a child or youth, I would omit the rum.
I meant to include this in the thread weeks back about bran muffins, made with flakes instead of cereal, but I was busy at the time and lost track.
I hope you enjoy them. They have a lofty crumb and are not overly sweet.
A reminder: any muffin mix should not be ”stirred” but ”combined gently to avoid creating a tough muffin. Also, if baking in a very dark muffin tin, you might want to cut back on the heat or decrease the baking time a wee bit.
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