Refrigerator Bran Muffins

This recipes makes a lot!!! But you can store the batter in your fridge and pull it out whenever you wake up and feel like muffins. They are really yummy too!

1 (15 oz) box of wheat bran flakes cereal (with or without raisins)
5 cups flour (I used 3 cups of wheat)
3 cups sugar
1 Tbsp plus 2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
4 eggs, beaten
1 quart buttermilk
1 cup butter, melted

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Break up the cereal while you stir. Make a well in center of mixture. Combine eggs, buttermilk, and butter; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened. Cover batter and store in refrigerator up to 6 weeks.
When ready to bake, spoon batter into greased muffin pans, filling two-thirds full. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Remove from pans immediately. Makes 5 1/2 dozen

Apple Strudel Muffins

I don't claim to be a great cook- just good at finding yummy recipes. David and I have very different taste buds and so when I make something for me that he loves (such as these yummy raspberry bars) I know it is blog worthy. This is another one I was surprised he loved so much.

2 C flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 C butter
1/2 C white sugar
1/2 C brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 tsp vanilla
3 apples, peeled and shredded (or diced if you prefer chunks)
1/2 C cinnamon chips

Topping
1/3 C brown sugar
1 Tbsp flour
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease muffin pan.

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

In another bowl, beat the butter, sugars and eggs together until smooth. Mix in vanilla. Add in apples and cinnamon chips. Gradually add in the flour mixture. Note that this is a thick batter. Spoon the mixture into greased or lined muffin pan.

In another small bowl combine the topping ingredients: brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture is like course crumbs. Sprinkle over tops of mixture in muffin pan.

Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to sit 5 minutes before removing muffins from pan. Cool on a wire rack.