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Busy mornings? Make a batch of bran muffins that you can grab and go!
School is back in session, and my mornings just go busier again. The solution? Bran muffins. I grew up with my mom making bran muffins, and now I can do the same. I can make a big batch of muffins that everyone can grab and eat in the morning quickly. I’m just making a few tweaks to the recipe that I grew up with. September is National Cholesterol Awareness month, and in honor of that, I’m making my brand muffins with Mazola® Corn Oil. A clinical study showed Mazola Corn Oil reduces cholesterol 2x more than extra virgin olive oil. To learn more about this claim, see Mazola.com.
For my better-for-you bran muffins, I’m swapping the vegetable oil for Mazola Corn Oil, swapping the milk for plain Greek yogurt, and swapping 1/2 of the sugar for fruit puree.
Baby food is an easy way to swap the sugar for fruit puree, and I love using pears for my bran muffin recipe.
The base for my bran muffins is some bran cereal. I put it in the food processor to grind it up for baking.
The wet and dry ingredients get mixed separately and then combined together for a thick bran muffin batter.
Spoon the bran muffin batter evenly into the twelve muffin pan cups. You don’t need cupcake liners, but I prefer them. Spray the bottom lightly with cooking spray.
Bake at 400 degrees until lightly browned. Mazola has a smoke point higher than most cooking oils at 450°F, which means it performs well in a wide variety of cooking applications. Like baking muffins!
Pull the muffins out of the oven and allow to cool slightly. Place muffins in a tight sealing container for breakfast!
In the morning, the kids and I can get up and grab a bran muffin for breakfast. I like to pop mine in the microwave for about 10 seconds to warm it back up again.
azola Corn Oil is an all-purpose, cholesterol free cooking oil that is a smart heart-healthy* choice for your family.
*See Mazola.com for more information on the relationship between corn oil and heart health. It has a variety of uses including baking, grilling, sautéing, stir frying, or mixing up a marinade or dressing.
Baking a batch or two of muffins at the start of the week is one of my favorite ways to combat busy mornings.
What muffins will you make using Mazola Corn Oil?

Bran Muffins
Better for you bran muffin recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups bran cereal
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups Greek yogurt
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup Mazola Corn Oil
- 1/4 cup fruit puree
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Can also use cupcake liners.
- In a food processor or blender, crush bran cereal to fine crumbs.
- In a large mixing bowl combine Greek yogurt, eggs, corn oil, and fruit puree. Mix well.
- In a seperate mixing bowl combine crushed cereal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients and stir to combine.
- Portion batter evenly into twelve muffin-pan cups.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
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