High Fiber Bran Muffins

[dania]

HIGH FIBER BRAN MUFFINS
(Don't be scared - they're pretty yummy!)

1 1/2 cups oat bran
1 1/2 cups raw bran
2 cups milk
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup Sucanat or dark brown sugar
3 eggs, slightly beaten
2 medium apples, shredded
1 cup carrot pulp (from juice machine), or 3 carrots finely shredded
2 bananas, mashed

2 cups (11 oz.) whole wheat flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. sea salt
1 tsp. cinnamon

1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped fine (optional)
1 cup raisins (optional)
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Beat milk, oil, honey, sucanat, eggs, apples, carrots, and banana together. Add the oat and wheat bran, and let sit 10 minutes.

Premix the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Fold flour mixture into the bran mixture until just mixed (don't overmix). Add the pecans and raisins, if desired.

Fill muffin tins with mixture and bake for about 20 minutes.


(Sorry, there was no nutritional info with this recipe. This batch makes at least 24 muffins, but since I only have one muffin tin, I pour the excess batter into a bread pan and bake it like a loaf of bread. It still turns out good, you just need to bake it a bit longer. I love eating these in the morning.) Enjoy!