I have been on a bran muffin kick since my taste buds were turned on by the Albemarle Baking Company box of treats our neighbors brought us when Birch was born.
Exhibit A:
During my research of consuming one half a giant muffin at a time, I discovered that the Mudhouse Coffee bran muffins are amazing as well!
Exhibit B:
As a result, exhibit C was born: a healthier, properly portioned, semi-homemade bran muffin I can pull out of my freezer and enjoy anytime.
These are semi-homemade because I found a bran muffin mix at Whole Foods and #hadtohaveit. But bran alone seemed a bit boring, so I added dried cherries, flaked coconut, and some shredded carrots from the fridge to give this muffin a nutritional edge. (Hmm, dark chocolate would be good in these too!)
Served warm with butter, this muffin can run with the best of ’em.
I froze most of my batch and pull them out when a craving hits to heat up in the toaster oven.
Jazzed-Up Bran Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 Box of Organics Oat Bran Muffin Mix
- Mix ingredients as needed (egg, etc)
- ½ cup dried cherries
- ½ cup dried unsweetened coconut
- 1/3 cup shredded carrots
Instructions
- Prepare muffin mix as package directs.Stir in cherries, coconut, and carrots. Bake per package directs and enjoy.
And if you know me well (and many of you do!) you’ll know that I crumble muffins on top of anything! Yogurt is a favorite. Oatmeal too!
If the thought of warm muffins has you feeling cozy, perhaps you’ll want to spend your afternoon like so:
(Look at his ruffled sleeves!)
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
Mmm, now I’m feeling like some breakfast muffins! Can’t wait to try this out. Thanks, Kath. 🙂
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Emily says
Note to self: stop reading KERF when hungry!!
KathEats says
🙂
Ruthie Gray says
All of those muffins look great!
Next time I am in Whole Foods I am going to get a pkg. of those bran muffins.
Little B is likely the sweetest muffin of all!
He is a cutie.
Thanks for sharing!
Kate says
Yum! This sounds a bit like a morning glory muffin…so delicious! What does “skin support” mean in relation to carrots (on your graphic)?
Allison says
I think she means carrots have a lot of vitamin a, which is vital for healthy skin….controls oil, helps cell renewal, etc.
teresa says
love it! i’ll look for that mix. i like baking from scratch, but sometimes a mix is just too easy to pass up! we are potty training this week, so a baking project sounds like a good idea! do you have an old post about potty training mazen? i could use any help!
KathEats says
I waited and waited until he was ready and asked for it himself – just before 3. It was so easy because I waited, I think? He seemed ready as early as 2.5 but I just didn’t want to attempt any pantsless weekends!
Amanda says
What a great idea! I’ve never thought of jazzing up a package of muffin mix!
Ttrockwood says
Bran muffins are my dad’s favorite breakfast ever so when i visit i make a bunch for the freezer- I don’t think he realizes how much i changed the original All Bran recipe ;)) i add a bunch of shredded carrots, chopped dried figs, and chopped walnuts and use half whole wheat flour. They’re so good! My nephew is really into them too so i end up making a few batches to stock their freezers 🙂
A. B. says
Couldn’t find the Box of Organics Oat Bran Muffin Mix at Whole Foods in Charlottesville. Any chance you could provide a photo or more information about the product? Thanks.
KathEats says
I believe this is the same brand: https://amzn.to/2UlXIfK