Have your kids help measure and stir together the ingredients for these easy to make muffins.

After soaking 1 cup wheat bran in 1 cup of milk for ten minutes, stir in 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2 tablespoons of melted butter or coconut oil, and ¼ cup honey.

Mix in 1cup wheat flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt. Stir until moistened. Then spoon the batter into a greased muffin tin. Pop into a heated 375 degree oven and in 15 minutes the muffins are ready to eat!

They smell fantastico!
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It’s a good idea to up the nutritional value of the foods a picky eater will eagerly eat, and Buleberry Oat Bran Muffins is a favorite!

My Blueberry Oat Bran Muffins take only a few minutes to make and they melt in your mouth. It’s sweetened with applesauce and a little honey, so there’s no sugar in this recipe.

(Make your own oat bran: Place 1 1/3 cups rolled oats into a blender. Process the whole oats until it’s the consistency of flour)

You’ll Need:

1 cup oat bran

1 cup pastry wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

3/4 cup whole milk

¼ cup honey

2 eggs

1 tablespoon melted butter or coconut oil

½ cup blueberries (or raisins)

Method:

Heat the oven to 400 degrees.

1. In a mixing bowl, add all the dry ingredients.

2. In another bowl combine the applesauce, milk, honey, eggs, and oil.

3. Make a well in the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients. Stir until moistened.

4. Spoon batter into greased muffin tin. Fill each about 1/2 full.

5. Stir until moistened. Then, add the wet ingredients to the dry.

6. Grease muffin pan with coconut oil and spoon batter into cups. Fill each about 2/3 full. Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for about ten minutes, then remove from oven and cool.

They’re delicious!

(This recipe is also found in Baby Bites: Transforming a Picky Eater into a Healthy Eater.)