Apricot Cottage Cheese Bran Bread

Wet Ingredients

• 2 cups cottage cheese, blended
• 2 egg
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup dried apricot, diced

Dry Ingredients

• 2 cups all-bran cereal or Special K cereal
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Last Ingredient

• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Pam cooking spray

Directions

1. 1

   In medium bowl mix the wet ingredients together. Set aside.

2. 2

   In large mixing bowl mix the dry ingredients together.

3. 3

   Add the wet ingredients into the dry. Fold in gently.

4. 4

   Add the vanilla and fold inches.

5. 5

   Preheat oven 375*.

6. 6

   Spray Pam in glass baking pan or bread pan.

7. 7

   Gently pour and spread into pan.

8. 8

   You can spray Pam in muffin pans and fill 1/2 to 3/4 full.

9. 9

   Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until top springs back when pressed with a finger tip ans sides start pull away from pan.

10. 10

    Muffins have shorter baking time, when top start to turn brown and the tops springs back when pressed with a finger tip. Do not overbake muffin, they will be chewy.

11. 11

    Note: I prefer to use Special K Cereal, your choice. I have never used the Special K Cereal with the Strawberries in it but I think you could use it along with the apricots.