Refrigerator bran muffins (low fat, high fiber)

3 cups natural wheat bran
2 cups all bran cereal (don't use flakes)
1 cup all bran buds (or just use 3 cups of all bran cereal)
2 cups boiling water
4 cups 1% buttermilk
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup cooking molasses
2 eggs & 2 egg whites
2 cups whole wheat flour
3 cups all-purpose flour
5 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups raisins

(adding nuts or more dried fruit works well too)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees f. Spray muffin tins with cooking spray and set aside.

Combine in a bowl: natural wheat bran, All Bran cereal, and All Bran buds. Pour the 2 cups of boiling water over bran's and soak for 10 minutes. Add the muttermilk and stir to combine.

In a big bowl, mix together the applesauce, brown sugar, and molasses. Beat in eggs & egg whites. Add bran mixture and stir until combined.

In another big bowl, mix together the flours, baking soda, salt and raisins. Add to the bran mixture and stir until mixed evenly. Be sure not to over mix.

Fill muffin tins until quite full. Bake for 20=25 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes in the pans before removing them to cook on racks.

Makes 36 muffins.

Note: Bake as many muffins as you like now and save the rest of the mix in a sealed container in the fridge for weeks, or cook them all up and freeze the extra muffins.

Number of Servings: 36

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SWRIGHT0.