Banana Bran Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups all-bran cereal
• 1 cup banana, mashed, ripe

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f coat two 12-cup muffin pans with non-stick spray.
• 2 sift the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together. (this can be done the night before and kept covered on the counter.)
• 3 whisk together the eggs, buttermilk and all bran cereal. let stand for 10 minutes.
• 4 make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the egg mixture all at once. stir with a wooden spoon until the dry ingredients are just moistened.
• 5 fold in the mashed banana. (be careful to keep the mixing to a minimum -- a light stirring which will leave some lumps is fine. the dough should not be mixed to the point of pouring, but should break in coarse globs.) fill the tins two-thirds full, being careful not to drip the batter on the edge of the tins where it will burn and cause sticking.
• 6 bake in the prepared muffin tins for about 25 minutes. the muffins are done when a knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out dry.