What a great way to start you’re busy day. Enjoying a warm, homemade muffin with your tea or coffee. But not one of those store-bought cupcakes pretending to be muffins. These muffins are packed with fiber and just sweet enough from a fresh orange and dried plums (aka prunes). Everything comes together in the food processor or blender, making clean-up fast and easy. This recipe makes 12 muffins but feel free to double the recipe because they freeze well so you can always have them on hand.
Bran Muffins with Orange and Dried Plums
Ingredients
1 cup prunes. pitted
1 navel orange, zested first then peeled and sectioned
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons molasses
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
3/4 cup plain yogurt or buttermilk
2 cups wheat bran flakes, not wheat bran cereal
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray. Zest the orange and place the zest in a small bowl. Peel the orange, discarding the peel, separate into segments. In a food processor or blender, add prunes, orange zest and peeled orange sections. Process until mixture is blended but still chunky, about 30 seconds.
- Add brown sugar, molasses, vegetable oil, eggs and yogurt or buttermilk to the food processor. Blend together until combined.
- Add wheat bran, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger to the food processor. Pulse until dry ingredients are well blended into the wet ingredients but don’t overmix.
- Using 1/4 cup measuring cup, fill 12 muffin cups. Bake 16-18 minutes. Remove from oven and rest for 5 minutes then remove muffins from muffin pan and cool on wire rack.
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