Classic Bran Muffins

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups wheat bran (from a box of Bran flakes cereal)

1 cup buttermilk  (or 1 cup milk and 1 Tbs lemon juice)

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 egg

2/3 cup brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

Mix together wheat bran and buttermilk; let stand for 10 minutes.

Beat together oil, egg, sugar and vanilla and add to buttermilk/bran mixture. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into buttermilk mixture, until just blended. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins.

Regular size muffins - bake for 15 to 20 minutes, mini muffins about 7- 8 min. or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool and enjoy! Makes about 1 dozen.