ORIGINAL MUFFINS RECIPE. MOLASSES MUFFINS. ALMOND TOASTED MUFFINS RECIPE.

ORIGINAL MUFFINS recipe

VARIATIONS:  

MUFFINS WITH MOLASSES  recipe or

MUFFINS WITH TOASTED CINNAMON recipe

I have been regularly consuming Kellogg’s cereal for breakfast and only lately realized that their cereal can be also be used to make muffins.

Try this simple, delicious hot muffins fresh from the oven….

ORIGINAL MUFFINS

INGREDIENTS

1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups Kellogg's® All-Bran® Original cereal

or 1 1/2 cups Kellogg's® All-Bran® Bran Buds® cereal

1 cup milk

1 egg

1/3 cup shortening- i use vegetable shortening

DIRECTIONS

Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

In large mixing bowl, combine KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN cereal and milk. Let stand about 2 minutes or until cereal softens. Add egg and shortening. Beat well. Add flour mixture, stirring only until combined. Portion evenly into twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin-pan cups coated with cooking spray.

Bake at 400°F about 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve warm.

Link here  yields 12 pieces

Crisco –vegetable shortening sticks and veg shortening with butter flavor, a popular brand.

Shortening is a semisolid fat used especially in baked foods. It inhibits the formation of long gluten strands in wheat-based doughs, giving them a "short" texture.

VARIATIONS-

                                 backstrap molasses

MOLASSES:  Decrease milk to 1/2 cup.

 Add 1/2 cup molasses to KELLOGG'S 
ALL-BRAN cereal with milk. 

Omit sugar. Follow same directions as above.

Molasses is a viscous by-product of the beating of sugarcane, grapes or sugar beets into sugar. 

TOASTED CINNAMON: Split cooled muffins in half crosswise. Spread cut surface liberally with butter. 

Sprinkle with mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tablespoon cinnamon. 

Place buttered sides up on broiler rack. 

Toast under broiler for 2 to 3 minutes or until bubbly and browned.