Honey Bran Muffins

My husbands aunts are the best cooks I know. Every Memmott family party is a food lovers dream come true. Everything they make is from scratch and always incredible. When we were engaged, they threw me a bridal shower and they made the most delicious bran muffins with homemade raspberry freezer jam. I remember taking my first bite and being absolutely blown away. Since then I have tried to perfect their famous bran muffins but always come up short. That is, until now! These muffins are not quite the same as their famous muffins, but equally as good.

The inspiration for these muffins actually come from two places, my husbands aunts famous muffins and Mimi’s Cafe’s Honey Bran Muffins. Mimi’s muffins are different than my husbands aunts in that Mimi’s are covered in a sticky honey glaze that will knock your socks off. They are more of a dessert muffin than a healthy bran muffin, but absolutely delicious none the less. After a little trial and error, I married the two muffins I love so much into one perfect Honey Bran Muffin recipe. These muffins are sure to be your new favorite!

Tips & Tricks:

• If you don’t have grapeseed oil or cannot find it, you can substitute vegetable oil or canola oil.
• You are going to need two jumbo muffin tins for this recipe. You can find some on Amazon by clicking here.
• It is extremely important that you flip the muffins out of the pan and onto the parchment paper immediately after they come out of the oven, otherwise those babies will be stuck in there forever.
• I like to eat my muffins warm with a little bit of salted butter on top.
• Spray the top of your muffin pan with cooking spray so the top edges of the muffins don’t stick to the pan.

Honey Bran Muffins

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• Author: shaemakes
• Prep Time: 10 min
• Cook Time: 20 min
• Total Time: 30 min
• Yield: 6–8 muffins 1x

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Description

Ooey gooey honey bran muffins. Just like the ones from Mimi’s Cafe. Perfectly sweet, a little chewy and the perfect breakfast treat.

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Ingredients

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For the glaze:

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 2 1/2 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp water

For the muffins:

• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tbsp molasses
• 1/4 cup grapeseed oil
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tbsp sour cream
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup wheat bran
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray and grease two JUMBO muffin tins with cooking spray. (This recipe will make 6-8 jumbo muffins. If you want 12 jumbo muffins then 1.5x the recipe).
3. Combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until smooth.
4. Distribute the glaze evenly among 6-8 tins in the muffin pans. About 1 1/2 tbsp per muffin tin.
5. For the muffin batter, whisk together brown sugar, honey, molasses, oil, water, sour cream and the egg. Whisk until the mixture is homogeneous and smooth.
6. In a separate medium sized bowl combine dry ingredients.
7. Fold the dry ingredient mixture into the wet mixture until no flour streaks remain.
8. Divide batter evenly among the 6-8 muffin tin spots (be careful to only fill them halfway full, otherwise they will spill over the pan and make a mess in your oven)
9. Bake the muffins in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick entered in the center comes out clean.
10. Immediately line a cooling rack with parchment paper and carefully flip the muffin tins over, allowing the muffins to slide out onto the parchment paper.
11. Let cool slightly and then eat warm with a pat of butter.

• Category: Breakfast, Muffins

Keywords: Bran Muffins, Breakfast, Muffins, Honey Bran Muffins