Yield: 12 Muffins
| Measure | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| ¾ cup | Milk |
| ¾ cup | Bran cereal |
| 1 \N | Egg |
| ¼ cup | Vegetable oil |
| ¼ cup | Molasses or honey |
| ¼ cup | Firmly packed brown sugar |
| 1 cup | Quaker Oats, uncooked |
| ⅔ cup | Flour |
| 1 tablespoon | Baking powder |
| ¼ teaspoon | Salt, if desired |
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