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.

 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

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

35 mins

 

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: That Which Nourishes

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.

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