Muffin Recipe | Applesauce Bran Muffins

Applesauce replaces oil in this old recipe for healthy bran muffins. Great for breakfast or a snack.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups bran cereal (such as Kellogg's® All-Bran®)
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ⅓ cup brown sugar
• ⅓ cup applesauce (such as Mott's®)
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• ½ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
2. Mix bran cereal and buttermilk together in a bowl; let sit for 10 minutes.
3. Beat brown sugar, applesauce, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth; stir into bran cereal mixture. Stir flour into bran cereal mixture until batter is well mixed; fold in walnuts and dried cranberries. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool.

Nutrition Facts

• calories145.5
• carbohydrateContent25.2 g
• cholesterolContent16.3 mg
• fatContent4 g
• fiberContent1.6 g
• proteinContent3.3 g
• saturatedFatContent0.6 g
• sodiumContent188.6 mg
• sugarContent14.3 g