Six Week Bran Muffins

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups bran flakes
• 2 cups bran buds (kellogg's all bran cereal preferred)
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar (packed)
• 4 eggs
• 4 cups buttermilk (you can make buttermilk by adding 1 tbsp vinegar to every one cup of milk. for this recipe it would)
• 1/4 cup molasses (optional)
• 5 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups raisins (optional)

Recipe

• 1 combine cereals and boiling water.
• 2 let stand.
• 3 in another bowl cream butter and sugars together.
• 4 add eggs and beat well.
• 5 mix in buttermilk.
• 6 add molasses if desired.
• 7 stir in cereal mixture.
• 8 in another bowl, combine flour, soda, baking powder, salt and raisins.
• 9 mix thoroughly.
• 10 add dry mixture to batter.
• 11 stir just to combine.
• 12 cover tightly and store in refrigerator.
• 13 it will keep for up to six weeks.
• 14 to bake: fill muffin cups 2/3 full and bake in a 400f oven for about twenty minutes. (i find that my muffins are always done before that, so i set my timer for about 14-15 minutes. other ovens may be different though.).