Maple Raisin Bran Muffin Recipe | #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews | |
Prep time: 15 Mins
Cook time: 25 Mins
Yields: 12 regular size muffins.
Can healthy bran muffins taste good as well? Try this raisin bran muffin recipe to find out the answer.
- 1 and 1/2 cups Whole Bran Cereal, not flakes (I used Fiber One Original)
- 1/2 cup Raisins
- 1/4 cup Oil (I used Canola Oil)
- 1/2 cup Boiling Water
- 1 cup Low Fat Buttermilk
- 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
- 3 tablespoons Unsweetened Applesauce
- 1 tablespoon Water
- 1 and 1/3 cups Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
- 1 and 1/4 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Walnuts, chopped
- 1/4 cup Mini M&Ms/mini chocolate chips (optional, See My Notes)
- Combine together the cereal, raisins, and oil in a large bowl. Pour the boiling water over the cereal mixture and stir together; let cool slightly.
- Add the buttermilk, maple syrup, unsweetened applesauce and water to the cereal mixture; stir until well mixed.
- In another bowl, whisk together the whole wheat pastry flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Add the flour mixture and chopped walnuts to the cereal mixture and stir until just combined. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap; let stand 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400F/200C for 15 minutes. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners and spray it well with non stick cooking spray, so that you can peel off the paper easily.
- After 15 minutes the batter looks like its fermented with little bubbles. Now toss in about 3 tablespoons of the M&Ms if you are using. Do not mix it too much because the colors start bleeding. Reserve the rest to sprinkle over the muffin batter.
- Fill the muffin cups evenly with the batter; approximately 3 tablespoons of batter per muffin. Sprinkle the balance M&M's and smooth the batter lightly before putting the pan in the oven.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Mine was done around the 21st minute itself.
- Cool the pan on a rack for 5 minutes. Remove the muffins from the pan and let cool completely on the rack.
- After tasting the muffins I felt that I wouldn't have needed the M&M's after all because it was so good. So if you still think that you need to lure your child into eating these healthy muffins just use about a tablespoon of mini M&M's or mini chocolate chips to sprinkle over the muffin tops to grab their attention.
- Usually the muffins peel off from the paper liners within minutes of taking it from the oven, which didn't happen in these bran muffins. I don't know if its because I didn't spray the paper liners well or because the recipe doesn't have much fat. So even after an hour or so when I tried to remove one muffin some portion of the it was stuck to the paper, but they peeled off perfectly after about 3 hours.