Bran Muffins

Sometimes you just want something that'll help you poop, and bran muffins are tailor made for the job. These guys weigh in at about 130 calories per muffin and yield 24 muffins.

Ingredients

• 3 cups wheat or oat bran
• 2 cup buttermilk (1 cup regular milk mixed with 1 TBSP vinegar/cup)
• ⅔ cup Applesauce (or equal amount oil)
• 2 eggs
• 1⅓cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cup all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup raisins

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
3. Mix together wheat bran and buttermilk; let stand for 10 minutes.
4. Beat together applesauce (or oil), egg, sugar and vanilla and add to buttermilk/bran mixture.
5. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
6. Stir flour mixture into buttermilk/bran mixture, until just blended.
7. Fold in raisins and spoon batter into prepared muffin tins.
8. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
9. Cool and enjoy!