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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Recipe TESTED RECIPE: Bran Muffins
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Bran muffins make a great breakfast because they contain 3 grams of fiber, which will keep you full. The star ingredient is bran, which is the hard outer layer of grain, a by-product of processed wheat and oats. Wheat bran is high in protein, magnesium, manganese, niacin, phosphorus, zinc and vitamin B6, and is low in fat, with no cholesterol, and no sugar or sodium.
Store-bought bran muffins taste good but are loaded with oil and calories. When so-called healthy muffins leave grease on your fingers, that's never a good thing.
I got this recipe for Top-Notch Bran Muffins from the back of the Kretschmer Toasted Wheat Bran jar. (You can find bran in the cereal aisle of your grocery store, usually on a top shelf.) I made them on Monday night and they are so tasty, I've already eaten three (today is Wednesday!). Oops. The best part is that these muffins contain only 170 calories and 5 grams of fat per muffin. And they don't leave grease on your fingers.
Top-Notch Bran Muffins
1 1/4 cups flour
1 cup toasted wheat bran
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1/4 cup molasses or honey
1/4 cup oil
1 egg
3/4 cup raisins
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease or line muffin tins.
Combine dry ingredients. Combine wet ingredients. Add wet to dry until
moistened. Stir in raisins.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 20-22 minutes or until brown. Makes 12 muffins.
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