Healthy Desserts Recipes - Buttermilk Bran Muffins Recipe

Ingredients              

• 2/3 cup wheat bran

• 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons vanilla-flavored whey protein powder

• 2 tablespoons vital wheat gluten

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/4 cup Splenda

• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

• 1 cup buttermilk

• 1 egg

• 3 tablespoons oil

• 1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses

Makes 10 muffins

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.

2. In a mixing bowl, combine the wheat bran, protein powder, wheat gluten, salt, baking soda, Splenda, cinnamon, and nuts, and stir until well combined.

3. In a measuring cup, stir together the buttermilk, egg, oil, and molasses.

4. Spray 10 cups of a muffin tin well with nonstick cooking spray. Give the wet ingredients one last stir, and pour them into the dry ingredients.

5. With a spoon, stir just long enough to moisten all the dry ingredients. Do not over-mix! The batter should look rough, and a few lumps are fine.

6. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups, dividing the mixture evenly (the muffin cups should be about 2/3 full).

7. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, and then turn out of the muffin cups onto a wire rack to cool.