And now for....the Bran Muffins!

Well, I finally got a new memory card for my camera, so I'm back in business.  I did make the bran muffins, albeit Monday, not Sunday.  I found a fairly easy recipe for bran muffins that called for buttermilk, which I of course, did not have.  I googled for substitutions and found that you can use 1cup of milk less one tablespoon plus one tablespoon of vinegar.  You let it set for 5 minutes, and ta-da buttermilk substitute. I added some of the delicious blueberries that dd and I picked and froze last summer. Yummy!

 Bran Muffins with Blueberries

 

Recipe:

1 1/2 cups wheat bran
1 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup vegetable oil (I used 1/2 melted coconut oil)
1 egg
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt (I omitted)
1/2 cup raisins (I used frozen blueberries)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
2. Mix together wheat bran and buttermilk; let stand for 10 minutes.
3. Beat together oil, egg, sugar and vanilla and add to buttermilk/bran mixture. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into buttermilk mixture, until just blended. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins.
4. Carefully add 5-6 frozen blueberries into each batter- filled muffin cup, making sure to cover them with batter.
5. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool and enjoy!