"So girls, what would you like for breakfast? I see you still have far too much chocolate under the tree..." Stella said. It was early Saturday morning, and Stella's Cafe was closed for a much needed week of resting and post Christmas re-grouping. Stella knew it was time to take the tree down when the ornaments were jumping off of their own accord.
"No way mom, I'm sick of chocolate...and food in general. I don't want to eat anything for a long time." Zoe replied. She was currently sprawled across the sofa in a position mimicking that of a sloth hanging from a branch.
"Well I'M not sick of chocolate," Kendra said jumping onto Zoe, "I could eat chocolate FOREVER!"
"No you couldn't Kendra, and you won't," Stella said entering the living room, "and you have to eat, Zoe. Your life depends on it! How about pancakes with blueberry sauce?"
"Nope too sweet,"Zoe said.
"French toast?"
"Too 'toasty'," Kendra replied.
"Crepes?"
"Too rich." sighed Zoe.
"Well, I don't know what you are going to eat, but I'm going to make some yummy bran muffins for myself." Stella said leaving the room.
"Yum!"
"Sounds tasty!"
"But you hate bran muffins! You tell me so every time I make them!"
"They actually sound like they'd be good today...simple you know?"
"Simple...my muffins simple...well alright, I'll double the batch then. I think we all could do with some good ol' fashioned simple cooking in our lives at the moment!" Stella exclaimed as she walked into the kitchen.
"But Mom, can you make chocolate bran muffins?" asked Kendra.
The BEST Bran Muffins
1 cup wheat bran
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped nuts
2 eggs
2 tbsp oil
1/2 cup molasses (or honey)
3/4 cup applesauce
1 cup milk
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F, and grease a muffin tin with butter (or line with paper muffin liners).
2. Mix together bran, flour, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl. Mix in nuts and raisins.
3 .In a separate smaller bowl beat eggs. Add oil, molasses and applesauce and mix thoroughly. Add milk and stir till mixture is all one colour.
4.Add wet to dry ingredients and mix until just moistened.
5. Spoon into muffin tins, (I find a 1/4 cup measure is the perfect amount of batter) and bake 15 to 20 minutes.
Enjoy these amazing, moist and tender muffins! (Best served hot with butter. Stella likes them with some cheddar cheese, too)
Post and photography by Emma
There is nothing better then when child makes a healthy choice over junk:) Not there there is anything wrong with some junk too! Your muffins looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteThat's true, Stephanie. I find since the holidays I'm still roaming the house looking for sweet things, though.
DeleteThese muffins are really good, honestly!
Since I don't have you close by, Stella, to join you and your family for bran muffins, I'll have to keep eating my Betty Crocker muffins. I tired of all the typical Christmas sweets, too, so my girls and I have been eating muffins to satisfy our cake-like craving. Not as healthy as yours, Stella!
ReplyDeleteThe next recipe is awfully healthy too ;)
DeleteI do like a good apple sauce muffin ! Must try these .
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by. I wrote a novel over the past year and haven't added any new recipes to this site for ages. I hope to continue on soon!
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