Applesauce Bran Muffins

Description

Applesauce replaces oil in this old recipe for healthy bran muffins. Great for breakfast or a snack.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups bran cereal (such as Kellogg’s® All-Bran®)
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup applesauce (such as Mott’s®)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts
  • ½ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
  2. Mix bran cereal and buttermilk together in a bowl; let sit for 10 minutes.
  3. Beat brown sugar
  4. applesauce
  5. egg
  6. and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth; stir into bran cereal mixture. Stir flour into bran cereal mixture until batter is well mixed; fold in walnuts and dried cranberries. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
  7. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean
  8. 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 12

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