Blackberry Walnut Bran Muffins

Recipe by The View From the Great Island

Start the week off right, make a batch of bran muffins today.  Here’s another of the many bran muffin variations I make throughout the year. Print Blackberry Walnut Bran Muffins Yield: makes 10 muffins Ingredients 1/2 cup unprocessed wheat bran 1/2 cup oat flour 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup buttermilk 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed 2 extra-large eggs 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 6 oz container blackberries, halved or rough chopped 1/2 cup chopped walnuts Instructions Set oven to 350F Mix the bran with the buttermilk and set aside. Whisk the dry ingredients in a small bowl to combine and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the butter and sugar until well mixed. Add in the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla. Pour in the bran/buttermilk mixture and stir to combine. Add the berries and nuts to the wet mixture and stir. Mix the dry into the wet until just incorporated, don't over mix. Fill 10 muffin cups and bake at 350 for about 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. …

Ingredients

• ½ cup unprocessed wheat bran
• ½ cup oat flour
• 1½ cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 6 tbsp unsalted butter (at room temperature)
• ½ cup dark brown sugar (packed)
• 2 extra-large eggs
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1 oz 6 container blackberries, halved or rough chopped
• ½ cup chopped Walnuts

Method

1. Set oven to 350F
2. Mix the bran with the buttermilk and set aside.
3. Whisk the dry ingredients in a small bowl to combine and set aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the butter and sugar until well mixed. Add in the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla.
5. Pour in the bran/buttermilk mixture and stir to combine.
6. Add the berries and nuts to the wet mixture and stir.
7. Mix the dry into the wet until just incorporated, don't over mix.
8. Fill 10 muffin cups and bake at 350 for about 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
9. Cool on a rack.

View the recipe instructions at The View From the Great Island