The Ultimate Bran Muffin Recipe
...brought to you by Recipes EU |
| |
The Ultimate Bran Muffin
3/4 cup all-bran or 100% bran cereal
1 1/3 cup butermilk
3/4 cup natural bran
2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup raisins
2/3 cup fancy molasses
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1. Grease muffin cups, greasing flat top of pan as well; set aside. In
bowl, stir cereal into buttermilk; stir in natural bran. Let stand
for 10 minutes.
To measure all-purpose and whole wheat flours, spoon into dry measure
until overflowing; sweep off excess with blunt knife edge. Dump into
large bowl. To measure brown sugar, pack into dry measure until level
with top. Add to flour, breaking up lumps with fingers.
2. With measuring spoons, scoop out baking powder, baking soda,
cinnamon and salt, sweeping off excess with blunt knife edge. Stir
into flour mixture. Stir in raisins.
3. With liquid measuring cup, measure molasses and oil. Pour into bran
mixture along with egg and vanilla; whisk to combine. Make a well in
the centre of dry ingredients; pour in bran mixture and stir with
wooden spoon just until dry ingredients are moistened.
4. With ice-cream scoop or large spoon, divide batter among prepared
muffin cups, filling to top.
5. Bake in 375F 190C oven for about 25 minutes or until golden and
tops are firm to the touch.
6. Let cool in pan on rack for 2 minutes. Remove muffins from pan and
let cool on rack.
Variations: Crunchy Bran Muffin Tops: Divide 1/2 cup batter between 2
large lightly greased muffin-top [special type of pan] pans. bake in
400F 200C oven for 12 minutes or until firm to touch. Makes 12 muffin
tops.
Smooth-Top Fruit Muffins: Increase baking powder to 5 ts; substitute
3/4 cup each chopped dried apricots and figs or dates for raisins.
Yogurt Bran Muffins: Substitute plain yogurt for buttermilk.
Per Muffin: about 330 calories; 6 g protein, 7 g fat, 63 g
carbohydrate, high source fibre, excellent source iron.
Source: Canadian Living magazine [Jan 96] Presented as Cooking Lesson
by Canadian Living Test Kitchen
[-=PAM=-] PA_Meadows@msn.com |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
This
The Ultimate Bran Muffin Recipe brought to you from the Recipes.eu.com recipe collection
|
Print
this Page
Dieting tips
If you enjoy eating, but want to become thin and make improvements in your general healthiness, then, without doubt, you ought to eat a specially designed well-balanced diet. Ideally, this must contain five measures of grains and vegetables each day and also embrace the correct mix of protein, carbohydrates and fats.
When deciding on a dietary regime, the important thing is to also try to restrict your consumption of salt, fats and refined carbohydrate.
At the start of a diet, people frequently look at supermarket and brand name foods claiming to be 'low in fat'. This is frequently incorrect, seeing as how a food may well be very low in fats, but whilst still being much too high in carbohydrates.
Drink more water. Your body needs plain water , it is indispensable for our general good health and possesses zero calories and fat. It is also good in that it fills the dieters stomach and decreases sensations of hunger. The recommended portions nutritionalists allege that we should aim to consume as high as six cups of water every 24 hours.
Instead of paying too much attention to the food types that you should remove from your meal plan, look at the healthy foods that you should bring into your daily routine. If one can manage to introduce the recommended portions healthy fruit & vegetables into your dietary regime, you will be delighted to find that you feel more satisfied and have a much reduced risk of giving in to those damaging mid-day chocolates.
If you like this The Ultimate Bran Muffin Recipe, you may find the following sites useful:
The Ultimate Bran Muffin - a delicious recipe from Recipes.eu.com
|
