Applesauce Bran Muffins

Applesauce bran muffins are an easy way to eat bran cereal and are quick and easy to prepare for breakfast or a snack.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 146 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• ⅔ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
• 1 ½ cups bran cereal (such as Kellogg's® All-Bran®)
• ⅓ cup applesauce (such as Mott's®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.

Step 2

Mix bran cereal and buttermilk together in a bowl; let sit for 10 minutes.

Step 3

Beat brown sugar, applesauce, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth; stir into bran cereal mixture. Stir flour into bran cereal mixture until batter is well mixed; fold in walnuts and dried cranberries. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool.