New favorite "Go-To" raisin bran muffins - NO WHITE FLOUR!

These are now my "go-to" raisin bran muffins, because they are delicious and nutritious and use NO WHITE FLOUR!! So simple and easy to make - they keep well in the fridge or if need be, they can be frozen and enjoyed later :)
00:00 Intro
00:38 Prepping the Bran
01:53 Prepping the dry ingredients
04:39 Adding the wet ingredients
08:11 Mixing together
11:52 Adding the muffin tin
15:30 Into the oven
16:40 Taste test!
18:38 Summary
Ivo’s Cocoa/Cinnamon Bran Muffins - with whole wheat flour
Makes 9 large or 12 medium sized muffins.
Ingredients
• 150 grams ( 5.3 oz) (~1 ¼ cup) whole wheat flour
• ½ TSP fine salt
• 1 TSP Baking Soda
• 1 TSP Baking Powder
• 1 TBSP Cinnamon
• 3 TBSP Cocoa
• 1 1/2 cups, wheat bran
• 1 ¼ cup buttermilk (or mix regular milk with 1 TBSP lemon juice to make buttermilk)
• 2/3 cup raisins
• ¼ - ½ cup chopped walnuts (or nuts of your choice)
• 1/3 cup olive oil or extra virgin olive oil.
• ¼ cup unsweetened apple sauce
• ½ cup brown sugar (or ¾ cup if you prefer sweeter muffins)
• 2 large eggs, slightly beaten.
• 2 TSP vanilla
• 1/3 cup olive oil (or vegetable oil)
• Optional oatmeal for decorating
Process
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Soak raisins in water, set aside.
• In a bowl, mix buttermilk to bran until incorporated - set aside, let stand 5 minutes.
• In a different bowl, add flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and cocoa. Mix (a whisk works great), set aside.
• To your bran mixture, add the eggs, vanilla, brown sugar, apple sauce and olive oil - mix to incorporate.
• Now you can mix the bran mixture with the flour mixture and mix until all the flour is absorbed.
• Fold the nuts into the mixture.
• Strain the water from your raisins and fold them in as well.
• Place muffin cups in your muffin baking pan and fill each of them to the same level
• Sprinkle optional oatmeal on top of each muffin.
• Bake for 17 - 20 minutes.
• Let cool and enjoy 😊
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Thank you!

[@sharonk3848]

These turned out great; moist & flully and so healthy!! I was skeptical about the amount of cinnamon but you can't even tell there is that much in there. Well balanced flavours! I mad a several adjustments: I increased the buttermilk amount to 1.5cups, reduced oil to 1/4 cup, added 1tsp of salt, and 1/2 cup of raisins. Thank you for sharing your recipe with us

[@CookingwiththeCoias]

So happy to hear this and thanks for sharing your feedback with us 👍👍

[@mrssoapmistress]

Made these about an hour ago and they are absolutely DELICIOUS!! Nice and moist and the perfect amount of sweetness, not to much and not to little. I will for sure make these again thank you once again for the recipe!! 🥰

[@CookingwiththeCoias]

I am very happy that you enjoyed this recipe 👍 I love it too, and I like to eat 1 a day 😊

[@lesleywatkins1172]

These muffins look delicious! 😊

[@LisaLisa-zl9vu]

Oh that coffee looks great. Muffins are good too!

[@lovereading2202]

Can’t wait to try this recipe, it sounds amazing! Thank you so much for including the written recipe...many people direct you to their website for the recipe...which is very annoying. 👍

[@doreensherk287]

I don’t bake at all, but I could definitely make those and share with my neighbours. I would only have to buy the flour and bran. I also might use 1/3 cup of sugar though and no nuts. I like nuts but not in muffins or brownies. These are very nutritious.

[@maureensews6568]

An ice cream scoop is a great tool for filling muffin tins

[@viviantruong8708]

As always, simple, easy and delicious! Thank you, Ivo. I have also seen water added to the empty spaces to preserve the tin and for additional moisture during the baking process. What are your thoughts on this?

[@CookingwiththeCoias]

Yes - you can certainly do that as it would create a humid environment in your oven and that will help retain moisture 👍👍

[@viviantruong8708]

Thank you, Ivo.

[@mrssoapmistress]

I've watched many bran muffin recipes trying to decide which one to go with and I just choose yours!! Filled with healthy goodness and I have everything to make them except for one ingredient. I don't have buttermilk could I just use 2% milk which is what I have on hand? I'm not much of a fan of buttermilk I don't like the taste at all. I'm going to make these tomorrow. I have made bran muffins but wanted to try a new recipe. Thank you so much for the informative and easy to follow tutorial and the recipe it's very much appreciated. By the way I have the exact same counter top as yours!!! LOL

[@CookingwiththeCoias]

You make your own buttermilk very easy and you may like this better. Just add 1 or 2 table spoons of lemon juice (or juice form half a lemon) to your 2% milk and you are good to go :) You are going to love these bran muffins and LOL on the counter top :) :) :)

[@CookingwiththeCoias]

....and thanks for your kind words and feedback....very much appreciated :)

[@mrssoapmistress]

@@CookingwiththeCoias thank you for the info with the lemon juice I will do that then I like lemon juice :) Again thank you so much for the great recipe and the information, I am making these tonight :) I'll keep you posted on how it goes! :)

[@judyl3492]

Ivo my buddy- where is the butter? You gotta learn everything tastes better with buttaaa

[@CookingwiththeCoias]

LOL....Next loaf of bread I make will be tasted with butter, just for you 😊😊

[@michellesummers8998]

These looked so good! I was so excited to try them! So I made them and they are honestly awful! This is a hugely disappointing receipe!

[@CookingwiththeCoias]

...that's interesting - very sorry to hear this...I make these regularly, including a batch today and they are delicious....perhaps using 100% whole wheat flour is not your thing...I have 2 other recipes for these muffins, including one that uses just white flour, so you may like those other recipes better? Regardless though, I hope you find a recipe somewhere that you like, as bran muffins are good for you :) Thanks for writing in