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Apple Bran Muffins --Loaded with all nourishing and yummy things like apples, raisins, carrots, and buttermilk, these super moist muffins are hearty and filling and perfectly sweet. | thatwhichnourishes.com

Many decades ago, I used to work at a bakery.  There we worked hard beginning long before the sun came up, and my perk to getting up that ridiculously early was the opportunity to eat ridiculously yummy baked goods.  Oddly, amongst the turnovers and apple fritters as big as my head, and nutty cinnamon fried doughnuts (drool), one of my favorites was the Morning Glory Muffin.  Because truthfully, there is such a thing as too many doughnuts.  After a few years there, it literally took me about five more to want a doughnut again.  But that muffin…

It was full of bran and raisins and carrots, and it somehow just stood out amongst the deluge of sugary goodness that was the bakery.

And this is me paying homage to the Morning Glory.

Loaded with all nourishing and yummy things like apples, raisins, carrots, and buttermilk, these super moist muffins are hearty and filling and perfectly sweet.

Apple Bran Muffins --Loaded with all nourishing and yummy things like apples, raisins, carrots, and buttermilk, these super moist muffins are hearty and filling and perfectly sweet. | thatwhichnourishes.com

 To start, get a large mixing bowl and add 1 3/4 c. bran cereal with raisins as well as 3/4 c. buttermilk (you can also add 1/2 T. white vinegar to a measuring cup and fill it the rest of the way with milk — let it sit 5 minutes and it will curdle and be the same as using buttermilk).  Let the cereal soak in the buttermilk for 5-10 minutes to soften the flakes of cereal.

Next, add in the following ingredients:

1 1/4 c. unbleached flour,

3/4 c. sugar,

1 1/4 tsp. baking soda,

1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon,

 and 1/4 tsp. salt.

In a separate bowl, mix the following:

1 egg

1/4 c. oil ( I use melted butter or coconut oil)

Gently fold the two mixtures together until just combined.  Remember, with muffins, you need to be very gentle.  Don’t over mix!

Gentlly fold in 2  apples, peeled and chopped into small cubes

3/4 c. carrots grated finely.

Fill 12 greased muffin cups ( I grease with coconut oil or butter) at least 3/4 c. full.  Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 20 minutes or so or until a toothpick tests clean.  Cool for 5 minutes and remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.

That’s it!  A warm, yummy handful of muffin perfection just for you!

Apple Bran Muffins --Loaded with all nourishing and yummy things like apples, raisins, carrots, and buttermilk, these super moist muffins are hearty and filling and perfectly sweet. | thatwhichnourishes.com

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Loaded with all nourishing and yummy things like apples, raisins, carrots, and buttermilk, these super moist muffins are hearty and filling and perfectly sweet.
Alison:
Serves: 15 muffins
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  • 1¾ c. raisin bran cereal
  • 1¼ c. unbleached flour
  • ¾ c. sugar
  • 1¼ tsp. baking soda
  • 1½ tsp. cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 2 apples, chopped into small cubes
  • ¾ c. carrots grated finely
  • 1 egg
  • ¾ c. buttermilk (or vinegar plus milk -- see post)
  • ¼ c. oil (coconut oil or butter)
Here's how...
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, add the cereal to the buttermilk and let it soak 5-10 minutes to soften the flakes.
  3. Mix in the flour, bran cereal, sugar, soda, cinnamon, salt.
  4. In another bowl, mix the egg, and oil.
  5. Fold in chopped apples, and carrots.
  6. Fill greased muffin cups ⅔ full and bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean..
  7. Cool in muffin pans for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Apple Bran Muffins --Loaded with all nourishing and yummy things like apples, raisins, carrots, and buttermilk, these super moist muffins are hearty and filling and perfectly sweet. | thatwhichnourishes.com

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  1. Linda Matthews says:

    Did you ever try it with wheat bran instead of the cereal?

  2. Beth says:

    Alison, this is hands down the best bran muffin recipe I’ve tried! All the others I’ve tested seem to come out dry and almost crunchy, but yours are moist and delicious with all those yummy fruit chunks inside.
    I think you’re also the first person I’ve seen who specifically advises to be gentle with muffin batter, rather than the general warning “not to overmix” which I find way too vague. This will change my muffin game forever! Definitely these muffins will make it into my paper recipe book.

    Thanks for the really yummy recipes, and for the way you write them without tons and tons of text/pictures/ads before the recipe. It is so much more enjoyable to read this way.

    • alison says:

      THANK YOUUUU, Beth!! :o) There is so much you have said that I love!
      Muffins are both a tiny bit finicky, yet also just the simplest way to fill in so many sweet or savory food gaps, which it sounds like you get and appreciate as well! I love them, and love that you feel like your muffin game is changed!! I feel like this recipe has gone a bit unsung so I’m grateful that you know — like I do. ;o)
      As for the lack of words and ads. CanNOT even tell you what it means to have you acknowledge my intention to not monetize my blog and also muck it up with too much of everything.
      My motto remains — it’s all about the food!! I can’t wait to hear more of what you love so don’t be a stranger to TWN!

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