Raspberry Surprise Bran Muffins

Dry ingredients
2.5 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
.5 teaspoons baking soda

Wet ingredients
1.5 cups buttermilk
.3 cups canola oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups bran flakes cereal

Other
1 cup fresh raspberries
1 cup seedless raspberry jam

Mix dry ingredients in one large bowl. In another large bowl whisk together the wet ingredients. After the wet ingredients have been mixed add the dry ingredients to that bowl, stirring only until blended. Carefully stir in fresh raspberries.

With the fresh raspberries I like to keep them in halves or quarters because the muffins are really good if you bite into a chunk of whole raspberry, so don't puree them into the batter.

After the batter is mixed up spoon a little batter into each muffin cup (either filled with a paper first or not). Then spoon about 1 teaspoon of seedless raspberry jam into the center of each cup, then cover with more batter.

Cook in an oven preheated to 400 degrees F for 20-25 minutes. They are so good you don't even need butter! (And best of all, they don't taste like they're made of bran)

Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JESTERJIGGER.