6 Week Bran Muffins (auntie Anne's Muffins)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 3 cups bran buds (kellogg's all bran cereal preferred-the little stick type cereal...not flakes)
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 1/2 cups oil
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• butter (optional)
• cinnamon sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 pour boiling water over 1 1/2 coups of the bran buds. let stand while mixing other ingredients.
• 2 in a separate bowl, combine rest of dry bran buds, flour, soda, and salt.
• 3 in another separate bowl, cream sugar and oil.
• 4 add eggs to this mixture.
• 5 add buttermilk alternately with dry ingredients.
• 6 add the 1 1/2 cups soaked bran buds and mix well.
• 7 store batter in fridge for up to 6 weeks.
• 8 bake as needed in 400f oven.
• 9 bake regular size for 15-20 minutes and mini muffins for 8-10 minutes.
• 10 optional:.
• 11 dip tops in melted butter and then cinnamon sugar.
• 12 if you are really trying to be healthy, skip the butter and just dip the hot fresh baked muffins in cinnamon sugar and it will stick.