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July 03, 2011 1:00 AM
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1 cup oil 2 1/2 cups sugar 1 quart (4 cups) buttermilk 5 cups flour 5 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 6 cups original All-Bran cereal (twig shapes, not flakes) 2 cups boiling water Optional add-ins: Currants, dates, raisins, coconut, nuts In a very large bowl, pour boiling water over cereal. Stir. Let cool. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients. Add oil and sugar to cereal mixture. Alternate adding dry ingredients and buttermilk to cereal mixture. Stir in any add-ins you'd like. Fill muffin cups and bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Unbaked dough can be stored in refrigerator for up to 1 month. When ready to bake, lift spoonfuls off top. Be sure not to stir. Editor's notes: Delicious when eaten cold, straight out of the refrigerator. Also, consider using less sugar. This recipe yields a very sweet muffin.
1 cup oil 2 1/2 cups sugar 1 quart (4 cups) buttermilk 5 cups flour 5 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 6 cups original All-Bran cereal (twig shapes, not flakes) 2 cups boiling water Optional add-ins: Currants, dates, raisins, coconut, nuts In a very large bowl, pour boiling water over cereal. Stir. Let cool. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients. Add oil and sugar to cereal mixture. Alternate adding dry ingredients and buttermilk to cereal mixture. Stir in any add-ins you'd like. Fill muffin cups and bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Unbaked dough can be stored in refrigerator for up to 1 month. When ready to bake, lift spoonfuls off top. Be sure not to stir. Editor's notes: Delicious when eaten cold, straight out of the refrigerator. Also, consider using less sugar. This recipe yields a very sweet muffin.
Granny's Refrigerator Bran Muffins
WAPAKONETA — Janie Childress lives in her grandmother's house, with its beautiful purple clematis still beckoning visitors to the front door.
Childress keeps the things dearest to her nearby. Her children, Lizzie and Grant, crowd into her lap. Her Mickey Mouse cookbook — her first cookbook from when she was about 6 — has a special spot on the bookcase. Her first foray into baking was custard from that book, made for her sister when her teeth were loose.
And her grandmother's recipe for bran muffins is often in use.
Her grandmother, the late Jane Fleming — for whom she is named — made these bran muffins all the time and would bring batches over to share. She would tuck them into round tins for better transport.
“I just have always loved them,” said Childress, who said she continues to make them even though her husband, Jason, and her children aren't huge fans.
Childress has always enjoyed cooking, too. She and her mother, Jenny Everhart, once took a pasta-making class. Childress bought the noodle machine, and they set to making noodles at home after the class, eager for the challenge. They laid the noodles out to dry in the children's playroom.
“The dog ate every single one of them,” Childress said.
She prefers baking over cooking, but overall she just likes to help.
“I just started doing it, and I just loved it,” she said. “I just like doing things for people. Let me know what you want me to make and I'll make it, because that's how I am.”
Have a suggestion for who should be featured in this spot? Email amcgee@limanews.com.
WAPAKONETA — Janie Childress lives in her grandmother's house, with its beautiful purple clematis still beckoning visitors to the front door.
Childress keeps the things dearest to her nearby. Her children, Lizzie and Grant, crowd into her lap. Her Mickey Mouse cookbook — her first cookbook from when she was about 6 — has a special spot on the bookcase. Her first foray into baking was custard from that book, made for her sister when her teeth were loose.
And her grandmother's recipe for bran muffins is often in use.
Her grandmother, the late Jane Fleming — for whom she is named — made these bran muffins all the time and would bring batches over to share. She would tuck them into round tins for better transport.
“I just have always loved them,” said Childress, who said she continues to make them even though her husband, Jason, and her children aren't huge fans.
Childress has always enjoyed cooking, too. She and her mother, Jenny Everhart, once took a pasta-making class. Childress bought the noodle machine, and they set to making noodles at home after the class, eager for the challenge. They laid the noodles out to dry in the children's playroom.
“The dog ate every single one of them,” Childress said.
She prefers baking over cooking, but overall she just likes to help.
“I just started doing it, and I just loved it,” she said. “I just like doing things for people. Let me know what you want me to make and I'll make it, because that's how I am.”
Have a suggestion for who should be featured in this spot? Email amcgee@limanews.com.
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