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Another Good Bran Muffin

Modified: Aug 19, 2024 · Published: May 29, 2009 by Anna · This post may contain affiliate links · 12 Comments

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This afternoon I found a stash of unprocessed wheat bran in the freezer, and since I haven’t made any in a while, I used it yet another good bran muffin recipe. My favorite bran muffin recipe is probably this one from Epicurious, but this one is a close second. It’s adapted from Joy of Baking.

Good Bran Muffin

Below is a half batch of the original with some small changes. I used salted butter, soaked the bran in coffee instead of water and doubled the vanilla. Also, instead of baking the batter as needed, I just baked all the muffins at once. These didn’t rise very much, but they were dense and sweet and Fuzz and her friend gobbled them up.

Another Good Bran Muffin Recipe

¾ cup (38 grams) wheat bran
3 tablespoons (45 ml) hot coffee
4 tablespoons (60 grams) unsalted butter
½ cup (105 grams) light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon mild molasses (20 grams)
¾-1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup (70 grams) all-purpose flour or white whole wheat flour
½ cup (70 grams) whole wheat pastry flour
⅓ cup (35 grams) old-fashioned rolled oats (not instant)
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
6 tablespoons (90 ml) milk
6 tablespoons (90 ml) buttermilk or sour milk** -- sour by adding 1 tsp. vinegar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a 6 cup muffin pan with paper liners or spray with cooking spray.

Combine bran and coffee. Set aside.

Cream the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer.
Beat in the egg, vanilla and molasses. Beat in the bran.

Mix together the flours, oats, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and powder.

Combine the milk and buttermilk (or soured milk).

Add the flour mixture, alternately with milk, to the bran mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.

Fill the muffin cups almost to the top, sprinkle with some oats to garnish (if desired), set pan on a cookie sheet and bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool slightly before serving.

Makes 8 muffins

Recipe

Another Bran Muffin Recipe with a muffin split showing texture.

Another Good Bran Muffin Recipe

Anna
A tried and true bran muffin recipe that starts with wheat bran soaked in coffee.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Cooling Time 5 minutes mins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 8 muffins

Ingredients
 

  • ¾ cup wheat bran (38 grams)
  • 3 tablespoons hot coffee (42 grams or 45 ml)
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (60 grams)
  • ½ cup light brown sugar (105 grams)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tablespoon mild molasses (20 grams)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour (70 grams)
  • ½ cup whole wheat pastry flour or equivalent whole wheat (70 grams)
  • ⅓ cup old-fashioned rolled oats (not instant) (35 grams)
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 6 tablespoons milk
  • 6 tablespoons buttermilk or sour milk** -- sour by adding 1 tsp. vinegar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F Line a 6 cup muffin pan with paper liners or spray with cooking spray. Note: This makes 6 jumbo size muffins. You'll get at least 8 smaller size muffins.
  • Combine bran and coffee. Set aside.
  • Cream the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer. If your butter is soft enough, you can do it by hand. Just beat it really well with a scraper or big spoon.
  • Beat in the egg, vanilla and molasses. Beat in the softened bran.
  • Mix together the flours, oats, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and powder.
  • Combine the milk and buttermilk.
  • Add the flour mixture, alternately with milk, to the bran mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
  • Fill the muffin cups almost to the top, sprinkle with some oats to garnish (if desired), set pan on a cookie sheet and bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool slightly before serving.
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  1. Anna says

    June 22, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    Shannon, thanks for the feedback and the tips on cutting the fat.

  2. Shannon says

    June 22, 2009 at 11:08 am

    Thanks for the recipe, Anna! I made these over the weekend with excellent results. They came out moist and flavorful and not overly-sweet or bran-y like some bran muffins are. I did make quite a few changes and thought I'd post a comment for anyone interested...
    I wanted to cut back the fat a little, so I used 1 TBSP butter and 3 TBSP applesauce. I also subbed 1/2 tsp almond extract for the vanilla extract, added 1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds to the batter, and used all buttermilk instead of the regular milk. I ended up with enough batter for 10 decent sized muffins.

  3. dawn says

    May 31, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    I think I finally nailed a good Morning Glory muffin, but completely forgot about thinking about adding molasses.
    Anywho, these look good. I crave a good healthy muffin for heavy-work mornings.

  4. Sue says

    May 31, 2009 at 7:47 am

    These look really good. I'm so glad that Fuzz and her friend liked them!

  5. Katrina says

    May 30, 2009 at 9:18 am

    I made these this morning and DID soak the bran in 1/2 cup of gingerbread hot cocoa. Besides using all whole wheat pastry flour, those are my only changes. I filled 12 muffins cups. These muffins are perfectly moist and delicious! The best bran muffins I've had.

  6. CookiePie says

    May 30, 2009 at 8:06 am

    Those muffins look great -- so hearty! I love that there's coffee in them too. I'd like to try these with oat bran!

  7. Katrina says

    May 30, 2009 at 7:11 am

    Ooh, maybe soaking the bran in hot cocoa, now THERE'S an idea! 😉 Seriously though, I just might make these this morning.

  8. Trish says

    May 30, 2009 at 7:00 am

    One can never have enough chocolate chip cookie recipes OR bran muffin recipes in my opinion. I too like the coffee idea. Terrific.

  9. Sara says

    May 29, 2009 at 10:07 pm

    Mmm, these look delicious and I LOVE the idea of soaking the bran in coffee!! Genius.

  10. Elyse says

    May 29, 2009 at 9:52 pm

    I love a good bran muffins. It's a sweet treat that you don't feel too guilty about eating. Great job! I can't wait to try out this recipe.

  11. Anna says

    May 29, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    Yeah, I thought of you while I was soaking the bran in coffee ;).

  12. Katrina says

    May 29, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    Ahh, yum. That's an interesting concept, to soak the bran in coffee. Still, I'd use water and think these look/sounds great!

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