Need advice re Bran Muffins recipe

I have a *very* similar recipe that uses whole wheat flour for much of the bran; therefore it won't make much difference what kind of bran you use. Just use bran flakes. Lessee if I have the file here at work...

Refrigerator Muffins

Combine dry ingredients in mixing bowl. Add eggs, oil, and buttermilk and mix until blended. May be stored in covered container in refrigerator for as long as 4 weeks. Bake as needed in lightly greased muffin cups filled two-thirds full. Bake in 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Makes 3 1/2 dozen.

Best regards, Bob

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Nah, I've got the All-Bran. It's the 100% Bran or Bran Buds that may have been discontinued. Thanks anyway.

Can'tcha just drink prune juice instead?

;-) gloria p

Bran Buds sounds like Grape Nuts, perhaps you could give them a ride in the blender.

nancy

:-P Wiseacre!

Bran cereal like "Bran Buds" or "100% Bran" or "All-Bran" consist of whole wheat bran and sugar (and some malt, corn syrup sweetener, salt and "enriched" with vitamins and minerals).

Grape Nuts, on the other hand, are quite hard and crunchy. They are made from wheat flour (rather than wheat bran) and sweeteners and are manufactured by baking, made into crumbs and finally toasted until hard. Grape Nuts are much lower in fiber than the bran cereals.

Generally, ready-to-eat commercial bran cereals are used in making bran muffins because they are widely available and easy to moisten and fold into the muffin batter. But their function is to add wheat bran fiber and they provide a little sweetener as a bonus.

You should be able to substitue wheat bran (usually available where health foods are sold, or sold as a cooked cereal to be prepared like oatmeal, or sometimes with baking supplies.) Just soak the wheat bran in place of the Bran Buds cereal and increase the amount of sugar in the recipe.

Cheers, The Old Bear

Check out the content of Fiber One cereal.

Dora

Oh, my very much beloved and missed Dennis Wolfberg:

Fiber One!!! They should have called it FIBER TWO, because all you'll be thinking about is NUMBER TWO! TWICE the fiber of TWINE. Don't eat this if you plan to hold down a PAYING JOB!

(laughing) nancy

Wait, I forgot, Dennis Wolfberg was the original Quiznos model!

nancy (if you never saw him, you won't know why that's funny)

You've got that right! Spoken by one who knows!

Dora

I still miss him and his Quiznos eyes.

nancy

"Melba's Jammin'" wrote>

Here's the recipe. I can't find the 100% Bran or Bran Buds cereal in

Here's one example of the use of Fiber One, Barb:

HIGH FIBER COOKIES Categories : Diabetic Desserts Cookies

1 c Rolled oats

1 c Kellogg's bran flakes

1 c Chopped English walnuts

3/4 c Brown sugar

2 Large egg whites

2 c All purpose flour

1/2 ts Salt

Place oat bran, rolled oats, Fiber one, bran flakes, raisins and walnuts in a bowl. Mix lightly and set aside.

Place sugars and margarine in mixing bowl and mix at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg whites and vanilla and mix lightly scraping the bowl before and after adding the egg whites. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt and mix at low speed about 1/2 min to blend well. Add flour mixture and water to sugar mixture and mix at medium speed only until flour is moistened. Add bran mixture and mix at medium speed until well blended.

Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray or lined with aluminum foil. Bake at 375 for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and let sit for 1 minute. Remove cookies to wire rack and cool to room temperature.

Dora