Create-a wholegrain muffin

12 Muffins

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¾cupMilk
¾cupBran cereal
1Egg
¼cupVegetable oil
¼cupMolasses or honey
¼cupFirmly packed brown sugar
1cupQuaker Oats, uncooked
cupFlour
1tablespoonBaking powder
¼teaspoonSalt, if desired

Directions

Combine milk and bran cereal in medium sized bowl. Add egg, oil, molasses and brown sugar; mix well. Add combined remaining ingredients, mixing just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fill 12 greased or paper-lined muffin cups ⅔ full. Bake in preheated hot oven (400 degrees) about 15 minutes.

VARIATIONS:

Substitute ¾ cup unprocessed bran for bran cereal.

Substitute ¼ cup light or dark corn syrup for molasses.

Add ½ cup raisins, blueberries, chopped dates, apple or nuts.

Sprinkle batter in muffin cups with a crunchy or strusel topping.

Substitute chocolate milk for white milk.

Add leftover cooked corn for a dinner muffin.

From: Quaker Oats