My mom while we were visiting over Christmas gave me a cooking book she came across. My mom is a full time librarian, so she comes across lots of books at little to no cost (used). This one is called Fussy Eaters by Annabel Karmel.
I immediately started browsing it and the 1st recipe that caught my eye was for a Raisin Bran Breakfast Muffin. I knew, being a raisin bran fan, that I had to cook this.
So I did & it came out great!
All 3 of my children ate it.
So here goes…
I btw made a few alterations to the original recipe :) -as always.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups raisin bran cereal (plus a lil extra for toppings)
1 cup whole milk, warmed (I like fatty milk, you could prob. use skim)
1 heaping cup of whole wheat flour (I used freshly ground white hard wheat)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp raw salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 cup raisins (optional, I left this out since my older boys aren’t big on raisins)
1 large egg
1/2 cup sucanat (or you could use dark brown sugar)
1/4 cup organic coconut oil
1/4 cup canola oil (you could do all coconut or all canola if you wanted)
2 tbs raw sugar for topping (I used sucanat)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 F
Line your muffin pan, or spray it if need be.
I btw got this muffin pan for Christmas, IT IS INCREDIBLE!! Love it.
Put the cereal in a bowl with the milk and leave it for about 5 minutes, until cereal is soft. Having the milk warm helps with this process.
Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and spices in a large bowl. Stir in raisins (if used).
In smaller bowl beat egg, sucanat and oil together.
Add that to the flour.
Then pour in the milk/cereal mixture into the flour/sugar mixture until smooth.
Spoon batter into muffin pan (fill pretty much to the top). Crush a small handful of flakes (from the extra raisin bran) w/ the raw sugar or sucanat, and sprinkle over top of muffins.
Bake for 20 minutes until risen and firm.
Allow to cool for 5 minutes in pan. Then transfer to a wire rack.
Store in air tight container. These last about 5 days (so they say, but we will never know, since sweets in our house only last a day or two hehe)
Cut these in half and add some butter. YUM YUM! They really are good and a great quick breakfast or snack.
Enjoy :)