The claim is you can keep the uncooked batter in the fridge for 6 weeks. I don't know about that, the longest it's ever lasted in my house was 3 weeks.
6 cups 100% Bran flakes (not cereal!)
1 Cup boiling water
3 Cups sugar
5 tsp. baking soda
1 qt Buttermilk
1 Cup oil (vegetable)
5 Cups flour
4 Eggs
2 tsp Salt
In a huge bowl, Mix 2 cups bran flakes with 1 cup boiling water. Add sugar, eggs, and oil, mix well. Gradually add flour, salt, baking soda and 4 cups bran, alternate with buttermilk. Mix well.
Bake the desired amount, refrigerate excess up to 6 weeks. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Makes about 6 dozen.
That's it!
The bran flakes are a little hard to find, but I found them in the bulk section of my local grocery store for .37 cents a pound! (A pound makes about 1 batch)
And just for fun, I took pictures of the process.
These are the bran flakes-they look like wood shavings.
Added 1 cup boiling water. I'll be honest, this smells terrible. But hang in there! It's worth it.
Added sugar, eggs, oil
Mixed well
In a seperate bowl, I mixed the remaining 4c bran, flour, salt, and baking soda.
Then I alternate the dry ingredients
with the buttermilk
until both are all mixed well
Then I took out a few cups, and tossed in some raisins and cinnamon
and mixed well.And then my memory card was full. I filled a muffin tin half full, and sprinkled the top with cinnamon sugar. mmmmm. You can toss almost anything in these: Cinnamon apples, cranberries, applesauce (especially if your mix gets a little dry), walnuts etc.
*edit 9/9/08 I have to add that you can't half this recipe or double it. Something goes off and they wont turn out right! Also, be sure the bran you're getting is not cereal, that doesn't work. It has to be wheat bran. Good luck!
i love that you took pictures, they always help. and the batter looks delicious, i bet these make nice pancakes as well.
ReplyDeletei think i want to make this now.
How very organized of you to take pictures of every step. I don't think my ADHD, even medicated would allow me to do that. It sounds yum. Maybe I will cook someday.
ReplyDeleteLooks awesome. Thanks for the comment! I am getting used to the noise, it's just taking a while.
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Made these yesterday (a dozen with raisins and a dozen with banana), and they are WONDERFUL! I'm ashamed to admit that, between the two of us, my husband and I ate 12 of them within the first 5 hours.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I found the bran flakes in the baking aisle of a normal grocery store (with the bread baking supplies). A 10 oz bag was exactly 6 cups. Perfect.
Got to your blog from your PW post. Looks good! I'll have to try these muffins out and bake them up for my 1st grader's breakfast tomorrow. Grandma recipes are ALWAYS the best, aren't they?
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