Best of Bran Muffins

Ingredients

• 3 cups shredded 100% all-bran cereal
• 1/2 cup grapeseed oil
• 1 cup organic raisins
• 1 cup boiling filtered water
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1/4 cup unsulphured molasses
• 1 tablespoon raw honey
• 2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Directions

1. 1

   In a large bowl, combine the cereal, oil, and raisins, and pour the boiling water over them. Set mixture aside to cool slightly.

2. 2

   In a small bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk, and molasses and honey. Add this to partly cool mixture.

3. 3

   In another small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to the cereal mixture, stirring just enough to moisten the dry ingredients. Cover batter with a plastic wrap or damp cloth, and let sit for at leat 15 minutes, perferably 1 hour.

4. 4

   Preheat oven to 400. Grease 24 muffin cups, and divide batter among them, filling each cup about 3/4 full.

5. 5

   Bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven, and, when they are slightly cooled, take them out of the tin and place them on a rack to cool completely.

6. 6

   I like to eat them warm!