Ever-ready Oat/bran Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 cups natural bran
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 5 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup shortening
• 3 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 4 cups buttermilk
• 4 cups oats
• 2 cups raisins

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 pour boiling water over bran and let stand.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda and salt in a very large bowl. stir well to blend.
• 4 in a separate bowl, cream shortening and sugar together. then add eggs and buttermilk. mix well.
• 5 add liquid ingredients to flour mixure and mix well.
• 6 add oats, raisins and bran (the bowl will be very full). stir well to blend.
• 7 fill greased muffin cups 3/4 full and bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes.
• 8 store unused muffin batter in refrigerator until ready to use. mixture can be kept up to 6 weeks.