We had dear friends come up from America to stay with us as a layover to help mitigate a long, long travel day and I needed a quick and easy breakfast that we could grab before heading out for a busy day and these did the trick. They freeze well which makes them perfect for a quick grab-and-go snack, just pop them into a microwave and zap them until defrosted and slightly warmed.
Apple Cranberry Bran Muffins
A Kitcheninspirations Original Recipe. Makes 12 good-sized muffins.
Ingredients:
- 150 mL 2% milk
- 400 g peeled and shredded apple (about 3 apples)
- 100 g bran buds
- 50 g cranberries, roughly chopped and rehydrated in hot water for 10 minutes
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 70 g plain Greek yogurt
- 300 g All Purpose Flour
- 60 g brown sugar
- 15 g baking powder
- 2 g salt
- 5 g cinnamon
- 60 g walnuts, chopped
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375° F (190° C). Brush the muffin cups generously with the Secret Release Formula (see notes). Set aside.
- Combine the milk, eggs and yogurt and mix well. Layer this liquid with the bran buds, apple and cranberries making sure bran buds are covered in the wet ingredients, and set aside for 20 minutes. In another bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and walnuts and set aside.
- Stir the bran bud mixture well after 20 minutes of soaking. Fold the flour mixture into the bran bud mixture until just combined.
- Divide batter into 12 muffin cups evenly and bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes clean.
Notes:
- Secret Release Formula: 3 mL unflavoured oil, 15 g vegetable shortening and 15 g flour. Mix well and brush baking tin generously.
- I will try a recipe without the brown sugar next time but it only adds 19 calories and 5 g carb
Nice! I love you used quite s few apples and also Greek yogurt – I can see the texture is lovely, so moist (sorry!) and fluffy. Loving the addition of bran and walnuts, too!
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I love this! We’ve had lots of guests this summer, and I’ve been cooking breakfast to order a bit too often. I love to cook breakfast, but after a long week of work, it can be a lot. We have one more weekend of guests, and I’ve already determined that they’re getting a continental breakfast, so this recipe showed up just in time!
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well you know i love muffins and you’ve got some of my favorite things going on in this batch, they look great too, i’d be a very happy guest recipient ~ is that your secret release formula? very creative!
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These look so delicious and wholesome Eva! They’re full of such delicious ingredients, I bet they taste fantastic.
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Great that there is no butter and only a little sugar in these, while still being delicious. I bet you could substitute the flour and bran with wholemeal flour (here that is an easier ingredient to source than the bran).
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They sure sound yummy!!! I bet your company appreciated this homemade treat! I
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