Crew's Kitchen: Bran Muffins

Flight Attendants are famous for sharing good recipes that are healthy, quick, and most importantly portable! This blog is for those of you who want to get a head-start on creating crew food that is tasty and simple and packs well in lunch bags for a drive in the car, a summertime picnic, or a meal at 40,000ft. Bon appetite!

Carrie's Bran Muffins

Who doesn't need a good helping of bran after flying through multiple time zones?!

Dry Ingredients:

• 1 Cup whole wheat flour

• 1 Cup natural bran

• 3/4 Cup brown sugar

• 2 Tbsp wheat germ

• 1Tsp salt

• 1Tsp baking powder

Wet Ingredients:

• 1/3 Cup vegetable oil

• 3/4 Cup milk

• 1 Tsp vanilla

• 1 Egg

• 1 Cup chopped dates, dried or fresh cranberries, blueberries, raisins, etc.

  • Can select just one of these ingredients or a combination of a few!

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees

2. In a large bowl, sift all dry ingredients together

3. In another smaller bowl, mix all wet ingredients together

4. Add wet mixture and 1 cup of fruit to dry mixture using as as few strokes of your spoon as possible

   • Do not over mix ~ just stir enough so all ingredients become moist

Baking instructions:

• Drop into greased muffin pan (spray with Pam)

• Bake 18-20 minutes (or until toothpick in center of muffin comes out clean)

• Cool on wire rack and then enjoy guilt-free

Note: This recipe doubles and triples easily, and muffins freeze well.