Honey Bran Muffins

I am always looking to try new things for my princesses to eat. I stumbled upon this recipe one day while I was trying to figure out how to get more fiber into Princess Gigi's diet. I knew I wanted to make Bran Muffins, but your typical bran muffin is not always kid approved in the taste department, no matter how much jelly you put on it, Until Now!! This bran muffin has that bit of sweetness to it to lure any small child into eating. Princess Gigi liked them so much she kept asking for more and more (I made mini muffins).

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups pineapple juice

2 cups golden raisins (I use dried cranberries and sometimes I just omit this all together.)

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup honey

5 eggs, beaten

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoons salt

4 cups whole bran cereal (I use All Bran)

DIRECTIONS:

1. In a small bowl, combine pineapple juice and raisins. Set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in cereal. Set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl combine brown sugar, oil, honey, and eggs; mix well. Add cereal mixture, and mix well. Fold in the pineapple juice, raisin mixture. Batter will be thin; it will thicken as it chills. Cover, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight.

4. Stir chilled batter. Fill greased or paper lined muffin cups 3/4 full.

5. Bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 15 to 17 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

For the mini muffins I baked them for 12 minutes.