Fruitful Bran Muffins

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 3/4 cups skim milk
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/4 cup non-hydrogenated margarine
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 orange, rind of
• 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/3 cups all-bran cereal or 1 1/3 cups bran flakes, slightly broken up with your hands
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2/3 cup apple, finely chopped
• 3/4 cup carrot, grated
• 1/2 cup dried apricot, chopped
• 1/2-2/3 cup apples, coarsely chopped or 1/2-2/3 cup chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 chop up apricots. place in about 2/3 cup boiled water and let sit for about 20 minutes till plump and softened; drain all water out and set plumped apricots aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine milk, lemon juice, egg, and orange rind.
• 3 in a medium bowl combine flour, all-bran cereal, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
• 4 add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and stir until almost mixed; fold in grated carrots, chopped apple and apricots just till mixed.
• 5 spray muffin tin with cooking spray; fill muffin tins until almost full and sprinkle chopped apples or chocolate chips on top of each muffin.
• 6 bake at 375°f for 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the centre of the muffin comes out clean; let stand in pan for a couple of minutes before cooling muffins on a wire rack.