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October 12, 2023

Jazzed-Up Bran Muffins

Turn boring bran muffins up a notch by adding delicious and healthful mix-ins such as shredded carrots, coconut and dried cherries. Served warm with butter, this muffin can run with the best of ’em.  Blog post updated October 2023.

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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. This is one of the easiest bran muffin recipes as it’s semi-homemade. Did anyone ever watch Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee on the Food Network!?

What’s nice about this recipe is you do not have to think about the all of the usual steps when baking, like measuring your all purpose flour and other dry ingredients, wondering if you can swap baking soda for baking powder, wondering how old the wheat bran is that’s been hibernating in the back of your pantry. No need for melted butter or brown sugar either – too easy!

Total time to whip up this recipe: just 30 minutes!

Jazzed-Up Bran Muffins

Ingredients

  • box of Organics Oat Bran Muffin Mix
  • mix ingredients as indicated by the instructions on the package (egg, oil, etc.)
  • dried cherries
  • dried unsweetened shredded coconut
  • shredded carrots

Instructions

Step 1

First things first, preheat the over as package directs.

Step 2

Prepare muffin mix as package directs (using oil, egg, water, etc.).

Step 3

Stir in dried cherries, shredded coconut, and shredded carrots. 

Step 4

Pour  about 1/2 cup of batter into a prepared muffin tin. These are my favorite liners for the muffin cups.

Step 4

Bake per package directions, allow to cool completely to room temperature and enjoy!

Store muffins in an airtight container (or freeze some, as I do!).

bran muffin

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 chips would be good in these too!)

bran muffin

Served warm with butter, this muffin can run with the best of ’em.

I froze most of my batch and pull them out to heat up in the toaster oven when a craving hits.

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Jazzed-Up Bran Muffins

Fancy up your favorite bran muffin mix with cherries, coconut, and carrot for increased texture and nutrition! 

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, healthy bran muffins has you feeling cozy, perhaps you’ll want to spend your afternoon snuggled under a blanket reading a great book!

Do you have a favorite healthy muffin recipe?

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  1. Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says

    February 19, 2019 at 7:57 am

    Mmm, now I’m feeling like some breakfast muffins! Can’t wait to try this out. Thanks, Kath. 🙂

    Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
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  2. Emily says

    February 19, 2019 at 9:44 am

    Note to self: stop reading KERF when hungry!!

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      February 19, 2019 at 10:03 am

      🙂

      Reply
  3. Ruthie Gray says

    February 19, 2019 at 10:18 am

    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!

    Reply
  4. Kate says

    February 19, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    Yum! This sounds a bit like a morning glory muffin…so delicious! What does “skin support” mean in relation to carrots (on your graphic)?

    Reply
    • Allison says

      February 19, 2019 at 5:26 pm

      I think she means carrots have a lot of vitamin a, which is vital for healthy skin….controls oil, helps cell renewal, etc.

      Reply
  5. teresa says

    February 19, 2019 at 3:14 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      February 19, 2019 at 3:34 pm

      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!

      Reply
  6. Amanda says

    February 19, 2019 at 6:55 pm

    What a great idea! I’ve never thought of jazzing up a package of muffin mix!

    Reply
  7. Ttrockwood says

    February 23, 2019 at 6:03 pm

    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 🙂

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  8. A. B. says

    March 7, 2019 at 7:53 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      March 7, 2019 at 8:09 pm

      I believe this is the same brand: https://amzn.to/2UlXIfK

      Reply

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