Oat bran and dried Bing cherries add a natural sweetness to these healthy, fiber-filled muffins—and allow you to add a minmal amount of sugar to the recipe.
Packed with whole-grain goodness, Easy Cherry Oat Bran Muffins mix in minutes. If you use two measuring cups to blend wet and dry ingredients—see my kitchen tips—you’ll also have minimal clean up time.
As with all muffins and quick breads, the key to fluffy texture is a light hand: Do not overmix batter.
Easy Cherry Oat Bran Muffins round out meals deliciously, try them with:
- Hot soups and cold soups
- Fresh yogurt from pastured cows
- Eggs prepared your favorite way
Easy Cherry Oat Bran Muffins Recipe
1 cup oat bran
1 cup unbleached white flour—or ½ cup white and ½ cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1/4 -1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup safflower or other mild oil plus extra for greasing muffin tins
1/4 cup dried Bing cherries, chopped
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Grease muffin tins.
- In large Pyrex measuring cup or medium bowl, mix dry ingredients.
- In large Pyrex measuring cup, beat egg. Add milk and oil. Stir to blend.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry, add cherries and mix swiftly with a few strokes. DO NOT OVER BLEND even if you see a little flour or bran unincorporated in the batter.
- Spoon batter into muffin tins, filling 3/4 full—these whole-grain muffins do not rise very high.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly. Run knife around tin to loosen muffin.
- Serve immediately with sweet butter.
Makes 12 muffins.
Yikes! (in a good way). I have never shaked my head at a blog post from the thought of eating up the food pictured. Until now.
@Yum Yucky After that four-mile run you made this morning, you deserve something yummy and healthy. Hope you whip up a batch for yourself, your patient husband and those four wee bairns.
These were actually the most delicious muffins I have ever had.
@Carling: I’m so glad you liked the recipe!