Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 3/4 bran cereal
- 3/4 c milk
- 1 c quaker oats
- 1/4 c molasses
- 5/8 c flour
- 1/4 c firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 c vegetable oil
- 1 tb baking powder
- 1/4 ts salt
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 2/3 full. Bake in preheated hot oven (400 degrees) about 15 minutes. VARIATIONS: Substitute 3/4 cup unprocessed bran for bran cereal. Substitute 1/4 cup light or dark corn syrup for molasses. Add 1/2 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.