Recipe and source notes

Blackberry Bran Muffins

14 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup hot water
  • 1 1/2 cups bran cereal (not bran flakes )
  • 1 cup buttermilk shaken well
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 7 teaspoons Blackberry preserves
  • 2/3 cup Blackberries

Make it step by step

  1. Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in large bowl. Set aside.
  2. Put hot water and cereal in bowl; stir until moistened. Add buttermilk, egg, oil and molasses. Stir well. Add to dry ingredients. Stir well. (Can be baked immediately or refrigerated as long as 1 week. Stir before using.)
  3. Spoon batter into muffin tins that have been greased or lined with paper cups until about 7/8 full. Put 1/2 teaspoon preserves in center of each. Sprinkle each with about 5 to 6 berries, slightly pressing them into batter.
  4. Bake at 400 degrees until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Let rest in pans 5 minutes. Serve warm.
  5. This recipe yields 14 muffins.
  6. NOTES:

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Adapted from Foodista by Anonymous, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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