Christmas Bran Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 shredded wheat biscuits (each is about 2 1/2 by 4 inches)
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/8 cup butter
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups all-bran cereal (or generic bran flakes)
• 2 1/2 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 pour boiling water over shredded wheat biscuits. let cool.
• 2 cream sugar and butter together until light and fluffy.
• 3 add cooled shredded wheat
• 4 add eggs separately, beating until well blended.
• 5 stir baking soda into buttermilk. *.
• 6 add buttermilk and soda to mixture. **.
• 7 add salt, bran flakes and flour.
• 8 stir just to blend.
• 9 store in refridgerator for three days.
• 10 do not stir.
• 11 spoon into muffin cups (1/2 -3 /4 filled).
• 12 bake at 400 degrees for 10 – 15 minutes.
• 13 if using a buttermilk substitute:.
• 14 * stir together the baking soda, flour and buttermilk powder.
• 15 ** add the water called for by the buttermilk substitute.