Better Bran Muffins

Name: Better Bran Muffins
Yield: Makes 12 muffins
Ingredients: 1 cup, raisins; 1 teaspoon, water; 2 1/4 cups, All-Bran Original cereal (5 ounces); 1 1/4 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (6 1/4 ounces); 1/2 cup, whole-wheat flour (2 1/2 ounces),; 2 teaspoons, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 , large egg; 1 , large egg yolk; 2/3 cup, packed light brown sugar (4 2/3 ounces); 3 tablespoons, mild molasses (or light); 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter (3/4 stick), melted and cooled; 1 3/4 cups, plain whole-milk yogurt

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2007, America's Test Kitchen TV

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We wanted a bran muffin that didn't require a trip to the health food store.

SERVESMakes 12 muffins

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We used a supermarket cereal, Kellogg’s All-Bran, with its twiglike shape, to give our better bran muffin recipe the most robust bran flavor. For the best texture, we pulverized half of the cereal and kept the other half whole. We discovere...

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