A Pail Full of Bran Muffins
A Pail Full of Bran Muffins
A Pail Full of Bran Muffins are a classic recipe straight from Grandma’s recipe box! Keep the batter in the fridge for up to two weeks and bake fresh muffins as you want them.
The batter for these Pail Full of Bran Muffins can be kept in the fridge for up to 2 weeks, so you can bake as big or small batches as you would like! All together, you can get about 36 medium sized muffins from this batter. I hope you enjoy this recipe for the best bran muffin!
A Classic Bran Muffin Recipe
I imagine almost every family must have a classic bran muffin recipe tucked into their recipe boxes somewhere! This recipe came from my mom’s recipe box and I can remember eating these muffins when I was a kid! Now I make them for my family. Everyone needs a reliable bran muffin recipe!
Bake Delicious Muffins When You Want Them
The best thing about this recipe is that the batter can stay in your fridge for up to 2 weeks (I like to use it up within a week though). This is great because you can bake fresh muffins whenever you want them. You can even have a warm-straight-out-of-the-oven-batch ready for breakfast. Bake a batch today. Bake one tomorrow. And the next day. SO good.
Pail Full of Bran Muffins Recipe Tips:
- Bran: You can use wheat bran or All Bran Buds cereal for this recipe.
- This batter will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. Just keep it in an air tight container and use as needed.
- Stir the batter before making a new batch. You will notice that the top of the batter may look a little dark, but that’s ok, just stir it up.
- Sometimes I leave the raisins out of the original batter and just add them right before I bake a new batch. The raisins tend to get a bit bloated the longer they sit in the batter in the fridge.
- You can get about 36 medium sized muffins from this batter.
- Use muffin liners in your muffin tin for this recipe (I just removed them for these pictures, but I always use muffin liners).
- Freezing: Once the muffins are baked, they freeze well. Store them in an airtight container or ziplock bag, and keep them in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Additions: Feel free to add chocolate chips (right before baking, don’t let them sit in the batter).
FAQs about this recipe:
These muffins are wonderful with butter and a little bit of honey. Or smothered in jam. So so good.
A Pail Full of Bran Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 cups bran
- 3 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup vegetable oil or canola oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup raisins
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 3 tsp baking soda
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line a muffin pan with paper liners.
- In one bowl combine the buttermilk and bran. Let sit for about 10 – 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the oil, eggs, both sugars and vanilla.
- Then stir in the bran mixture and raisins (see notes above about the raisins). Mix well.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients.
- Fill each muffin cup about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 25 minutes. The muffins are done when a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool on a wire rack.
(Recipe from my Mom)
More Muffin Recipes to try!
bran. oatmeal. banana. chocolate. berry. and more!
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Have a delicious day!
Note: The original post was published July 2011, but I have since updated it with new images. Same great recipe, just better pictures!
I say keep doing your awesome recipes! I always look forward to them AND your beautiful food pics 😉 Bran muffins are a must with a morning cup of coffee!
I’m with Lindsay – I love your recipes! Man, I wish my mom had made muffins. I’m not even sure what bran is, LOL 🙂 How do you buy it?? But I should probably figure it out & start getting my kids to love it!
Hi Joanna,
Girl, you could sure bring me a pail full of those muffins anytime. With that buttermilk and all those wonderful flavors this is a great muffin! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you again real soon!
Miz Helen
Yum! I love bran muffins, and I love the feeling that I’m being healthy eating them too!! Great recipe!
Good morning Calgary! A new fan from Ottawa, I just recently discovered your site. I’ve made the bran muffins three times now (1/3 recipe ) and it sure is a keeper. I’ve shared it with three friends whose families now are smiling. I’ve added cinnamon to mine and also soaked the raisins as per another comment.
I will be trying more of your recipes for sure. Thanks 😊
Hi Dori! So nice to meet a fellow Canadian! I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe, and thank you so much for sharing it with your friends!
Hi Jo-Anna, I’m a bit confused about what kind of bran to use. In the post you had mentioned using bran flakes (I’m assuming you meant Bran Flakes cereal) or bran buds but then in the actual recipe it says bran so I wasn’t sure which to use. I usually use the loose bran you buy at the bulk food store. Thank you! This muffin recipe looks perfect for fresh muffins every morning!
Hi Lola! This recipe uses bran (not bran flakes cereal) or you can also use bran buds. If you have the cereal, you can use this recipe here instead: https://aprettylifeinthesuburbs.com/bran-muffins-made-bran-flakes-cereal/
Hope that helps!
Jo-Anna