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The most moist and tender blueberry bran muffin

Blueberry Bran Muffins

The most moist, tender and flavourful bran muffin, made even juicier to the jammy goodness of fresh blueberries!

Course Baking
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup of all bran cereal
  • 1/2 cup (125 ml ) boiling water
  • 1/4 cup (65 ml) vegetable oil (I use a blend of sunflower and coconut oils)
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 cup (143 g) granulated sugar
  • 1 cup (250 ml) buttermilk (or soured milk, or even kefir)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup apple sauce
  • 1/4 cup (60 ml) molasses
  • 1 1/4 cup (125 g) AP flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup (60 g) roasted chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup (60 g) roasted chopped pecans
  • 2/3 cup plus 1/2 cup fresh blueberries

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400F (200C)
  2. Butter or line a 12 cup muffin tin
  3. In a large bowl, combine the all bran cereal with the boiling water and oil. Stir and set aside for a few minutes.
  4. In a medium bowl combine the egg, sugar, vanilla and buttermilk until well blended.
  5. Stir this into the all bran mixture.
  6. Whisk the apples sauce and molasses together in the previous medium bowl. Add this to the large bowl with the rest of the ingredients. Stir to combine.
  7. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  8. Add this as well as the chopped nuts to the liquid mixture. Stir until JUST combined. Do not over-mix.
  9. Add the 2/3 cup of berries and stir to blend in.
  10. Spoon the batter into the 12 muffin cups evenly.
  11. Divide the remaining 1/2 cup of blueberries evenly across the tops of each muffin.
  12. Bake in the centre of the oven for 20-25 minutes. A skewer should come out clean.
  13. Transfer the muffin tin to a cooling rack. Let the muffins cool in the tin for 10 minutes before removing them to finish cooling on the rack. The berries will be jammy! This is good!
  14. You can freeze the ones you won't need right away. They will reheat wonderfully in a 300F oven after thawing.