Bran muffins

(makes 12, very generously filled in my muffin tin - I can only just fit it all in)

3 cups bran
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp molasses
1/2 cup oil
1 1/2 cup water
1 tsp vinegar
1/2 cup raisins or dates

Oven 350F.  Mix in bowl the bran, flour, soda, baking powder,.  Add sugar, molasses, oil, water, vinegar, raisins.  Mix.  Put in muffin tins and bake 35-45 min.


Made with a mixture of fine wheatmeal I thought was coarser and more like bulghur (from the Russian shop - label was in Russian, in my defence) and blended-up oats.  Was good - I quite enjoyed the texture from the meal, and they seemed really quite light, in a way - the least heavy vegan baking I've done so far.  I used a mixture of raisins and cranberries and it was good.

This recipe came from somewhere on the internet.  I think it may have originated from the How it all Vegan! cookbook, which is totally on my want list.


Edit 2012/08/27: I made these again recently.  This time I used carob molasses instead of regular blackstrap, and added some cinnamon and sesame seeds.  Still used a mixture of ground-up oats and the ground-up fine bulghur, and used raisins.  They come out very robust but I quite like it.  They aren't very sweet - I might add a little more sugar another time (I served them with strawberry jam on the side).  Would also consider using brown sugar, and/or increasing the molasses a little: I liked the carob molasses but could have used more for a stronger taste.  Also considered using mulberry molasses instead.  Could have added more sesame seeds (prob used ~1tsp - they were a little lost) / sprinkled some on top.