Old-Fashioned Bran Muffins

    One of the very first recipes I remember making as a kid was bran muffins.  The recipe had you use regular bran flakes that were put in a bowl along with some milk and letting them soak together for a few minutes until you had this soft brown mush. Sound appetizing?  Stay with me, people.

A few years back I was havin' a hankerin' for a bran muffin. Not one of those overly sweet kind you find in bakery shops but one that I remembered from my childhood.  It didn't take long to find one on the internet that seemed just about how I remembered it. I made a couple of tweaks to it and ala, here you have Old Fashioned Bran Muffins, just like I remember them.  I made these this morning and my mom and I sat there, basking in their warm goodness just like 30 years ago.

Old Fashioned Bran Muffins

1 cup flour

1/3 cup sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

2 cups bran flake cereal

1 1/4 cup milk

1 egg

1/4 cup butter, melted

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl.  Mix cereal and milk in a medium blow and let stand for five minutes.  After 5 minutes stir egg and melted butter into cereal mixture.  Add to flour mixture and stir just until moistened.  Soon batter inot greased muffin pan, filling each cup 2/3 full.  Bake at 400 for 15-18 min or until golden brown. Serve warm.