Honey, let me tell you about one of my favorite recipes — A Bucket of Bran Muffins is something I’ve been making for years and it never disappoints! This is the kind of dish that fills the whole kitchen with the most wonderful aroma and has everyone asking when dinner will be ready.
Made with simple, wholesome ingredients like cereals, water, sugar, this recipe comes together without any fuss. That’s the way Gran likes it — good food that doesn’t keep you in the kitchen all day.
Whether you’re making this for a weeknight dinner or bringing it to a gathering, I promise it will disappear fast. Don’t forget to scroll down and let me know how it turned out in the comments!
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A Bucket of Bran Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 cup Cereals
- 1 cup Water
- 1 cup Sugar
- 0.75 cup Applesauce
- 0.5 cup Egg Substitute
- 2.5 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 2.5 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 0.5 teaspoon Salt
- 2 cup Milk
Instructions
- Pour water over cereal and let stand.
- Mix together remaining ingredients then add softened cereal.
- Bake as many as desired in muffin tins sprayed with Pam.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
- NOTE: This recipe makes 40 large muffins but you can cook what you want now and keep the batter in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks and have hot muffins anytime.
- You can add raisins or other fruit, dried cherries or cranberries.
