These are now my "go-to" raisin bran muffins, because they are delicious and nutritious and use NO WHITE FLOUR!! So simple and easy to make - they keep well in the fridge or if need be, they can be frozen and enjoyed later :)
00:00 Intro
00:38 Prepping the Bran
01:53 Prepping the dry ingredients
04:39 Adding the wet ingredients
08:11 Mixing together
11:52 Adding the muffin tin
15:30 Into the oven
16:40 Taste test!
18:38 Summary
Ivo’s Cocoa/Cinnamon Bran Muffins – with whole wheat flour
Makes 9 large or 12 medium sized muffins.
Ingredients
• 150 grams ( 5.3 oz) (~1 ¼ cup) whole wheat flour
• ½ TSP fine salt
• 1 TSP Baking Soda
• 1 TSP Baking Powder
• 1 TBSP Cinnamon
• 3 TBSP Cocoa
• 1 1/2 cups, wheat bran
• 1 ¼ cup buttermilk (or mix regular milk with 1 TBSP lemon juice to make buttermilk)
• 2/3 cup raisins
• ¼ - ½ cup chopped walnuts (or nuts of your choice)
• 1/3 cup olive oil or extra virgin olive oil.
• ¼ cup unsweetened apple sauce
• ½ cup brown sugar (or ¾ cup if you prefer sweeter muffins)
• 2 large eggs, slightly beaten.
• 2 TSP vanilla
• 1/3 cup olive oil (or vegetable oil)
• Optional oatmeal for decorating
Process
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Soak raisins in water, set aside.
• In a bowl, mix buttermilk to bran until incorporated – set aside, let stand 5 minutes.
• In a different bowl, add flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and cocoa. Mix (a whisk works great), set aside.
• To your bran mixture, add the eggs, vanilla, brown sugar, apple sauce and olive oil – mix to incorporate.
• Now you can mix the bran mixture with the flour mixture and mix until all the flour is absorbed.
• Fold the nuts into the mixture.
• Strain the water from your raisins and fold them in as well.
• Place muffin cups in your muffin baking pan and fill each of them to the same level
• Sprinkle optional oatmeal on top of each muffin.
• Bake for 17 – 20 minutes.
• Let cool and enjoy 😊
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