In this traditional recipe for nutritious bran muffins, applesauce takes the place of oil. Excellent as a snack or for breakfast.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 dozen muffins |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups bran cereal (such as Kellogg’s® All-Bran®)
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup applesauce (such as Mott’s®)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- ½ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
- Mix bran cereal and buttermilk together in a bowl; let sit for 10 minutes.
- Beat brown sugar, applesauce, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth; stir into bran cereal mixture. Stir flour into bran cereal mixture until batter is well mixed; fold in walnuts and dried cranberries. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 146 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 25 g |
| Cholesterol | 16 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 189 mg |
| Sugars | 14 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I used both cranberries and walnuts. may try truvia baking blend next time
I made some changes out of nesecity. I did not have applesauce, used Apple juice. Added some goji berries and flax seed and some oatmeal. It was a good recipe to start with.
I made no deviations of this recipe. The muffins came out moist and not too sweet. I might add a little more sugar next time. Not crazy about cranberries so will use something different like raisins or no fruit at all in the future. A good recipe!