Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2008

While making the batter for these I kept saying there was no way these were going to turn out - the batter was very watery but they came out moist, chewey and very tasty. Only complaint was they were too molassesey. Next time I will cut back on the amount of molasses and use a combination of molasses and honey (maple syrup or mashed banana would be nice too). Only things I altered were I used 2tbsp of apple puree instead of the oil, added a cup of raisins instead of a half and I cut back on the baking soda as another reviewer suggested. I might crush the bran flakes next time too - see what that does to the recipe.

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Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2007

wow- healthy

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Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2007

This recipe makes excellent muffins. I've made them with coconut added as well. However, I suspect that the 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda should actually be 1 teaspoon of baking powder plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, as is common in most recipes. The extra baking soda could account for the unusual taste detected by some of the reviewers.

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Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2007

These are great muffins that my kids love. This is a good way of getting iron for the non meat eaters.

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Kristen

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Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2007

Another happy customer! These make for a delicious, low-calorie breakfast. I omitted the raisins (by request). I'll bet dates or dried currants would also be tasty but DBF wanted "plain" this time. Substituted 1T of ground flax seed for half the oil; used 1/4 cup eggBeaters (r) instead of the egg; both of these are my "usual" procedure with any recipe. Next time, I'll add the cinnamon suggested by another poster; I've made a note on the recipe to do that.

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AuntieJ

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Reviewed: Oct. 21, 2004

I took these muffins to a party and they were a big hit. They are so healthy, but they taste great and I ended up giving the recipie out to everyone there. These were a nice contrast to everything else at the party egs. cookies, pies, etc. The batter was really runny, which freaked me out a little bit, but all turned out good.

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Reviewed: Jul. 27, 2004

The kids and dh didn't care for these too much. They smell great while cooking thou.

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Lisa

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Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2004

These were good muffins. They actually tasted better the second day because they were a little too moist the first day.

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Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2003

I LOVED this recipe! The muffins are so moist and delicious, you'd never even guess they were good for you. I followed one person's instructions and added a pinch of cinnamon and YUM! You have to like the taste of molasses though, which I do. Thanks for such a wonderful, healthy recipe! I will make it again and again.

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Darla

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Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2003

We made this recipe as it stands. We used Brer Rabbit full flavor molasses and Wheaties cereal. Maybe this was a problem. They are moist, but they are not very flavorful at all. Mostly molasses taste. We could barely taste the raisins.

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Reviewed: May 30, 2002

This was a very easy bran muffin recipe. It was moist and full of flavor. I did 1/4 cup each of molasses and honey instead of 1/2 c. molasses, just a preference. I also added some ground flaxseed 2TB (which acts like oil in baking) (so 1TB of canola oil was enough). These muffins are very good, and have good flavor. I was a little worried about the batter looking kinda runny at first, but the flakes soak it up pretty fast and they turn out just fine.

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Reviewed: Apr. 16, 2002

I figured out how to make these the best bran muffins ever! The trick is to use fancy molasses rather than blackstrap or other types. Fancy molasses seems to be less intense in flavor. Also add 2 tbsp. of brown sugar and 1/2 tsp. of cinnimon. Yummy!

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