1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 cups bran cereal

1-1/2 cups skim milk

1 egg

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2/3 cup dried cranberries

1 teaspoon grated fresh orange peel

1/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Vegetable cooking spray

 

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.

 

In large mixing bowl, combine all-bran cereal and milk.  Let stand about 5 minutes or until cereal softens.  Add egg and oil.  Beat well.  Stir in cranberries, orange peel, and pecans.  Add flour mixture, stirring only until combined.  Portion evenly into twelve 2-1/2 - inch muffin-pan cups, which have been coated with cooking spray.  Bake at 400 deg. about 20 minutes or until lightly browned.  Serve warm.

 

Yield:  12 muffins

 

1 muffin:

Calories  180

Fat 6 g

Saturated fat  0.5 g

Cholesterol 20 mg

Sodium 280 mg

Sugar 16 g