Easy Bran Muffins Recipe-Enough To Feed An Army

If you have a big family like me, or you simply love eating muffins, here is a tasty recipe for you. You can prepare the mix and just store it in your fridge for a couple of weeks. They are very healthy and use heart-healthy olive oil.

Refrigerated Bran Muffins Recipe

Ingredients:
1 20-ounce box raisin bran cereal
2-1/2 cups sugar
5 cups unbleached flour
5 t. baking soda
2-1/2 t. salt
1/3 cup walnuts, chopped (I like to use pecans too)
1 quart low-fat buttermilk
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, packed in juice, undrained
2 whole eggs
3 egg whites
1/2 cup olive oil

Pour cereal into a large bowl. Add sugar and stir. Sift flour, baking soda and salt into cereal. Add walnuts and stir.

In a separate large mixing bowl, mix buttermilk, pineapple, eggs, egg whites and oil. Stir until completely mixed, then pour into dry mixture and stir completely.

Bake in sprayed muffin tins, filling each cup 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean. The batter can be refrigerated fro up to six weeks. makes 5 dozen muffins (about 15 cups batter).

Each serving contains approximately: 131 calories, 3 grams fat, 8 milligrams cholesterol, 284 milligrams sodium, 25 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams protein and 1 gram fiber.