My cooking projects over the past couple of weeks — I took last weekend off after the double-length feature post I did a couple of weeks ago — included bran muffins for my mom (using a different recipe from this post), crisped rice treats, three to five ingredient biscuits, plain cake with a lemon sauce, and the subject of this post, my mom’s recipe for raisin bran muffins; the other day, I had a sudden hankering for my mom’s molasses-based recipe for raisin bran muffins.
The recipe I’ve been using to make bran muffins for mom for the past couple of years is different from her recipe, since following a bake-off a couple of years ago, she chose the recipe I’d found on the internet over her recipe. However, after baking these muffins, mom sampled one, and asked me to make a batch of double-sized muffins for her using her recipe!
Making the raisin bran muffins:
First, a muffin baking tin was taken out, and each well was lined with a standard paper muffin cup:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/01muffinlinersplacedinmuffintincropped.resized.jpg)
The baking tin filled with muffin paper cups was put aside.
The oven was preheated to 450F:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/02ovenpreheatedto450Fcropped.resized.jpg)
Brown sugar was measured out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/03brownsugarmeasuredoutcropped.resized.jpg)
The brown sugar was transferred to a mixing bowl:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/04brownsugartransferredtobowlcropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/05brownsugartransferredtobowlcropped.resized.jpg)
Vegetable oil was measured out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06oilmeasuredoutcropped.resized.jpg)
The vegetable oil was poured into the mixing bowl with the brown sugar:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/07oilpouredintobowlwithbrownsugarcropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08oilpouredintobowlwithbrownsugarcropped.resized.jpg)
The vegetable oil and the brown sugar were mixed together with a fork:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/09oilandsugarmixedwithaforkcropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10oilandsugarmixedwithaforkcropped.resized.jpg)
Molasses was measured out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11molassesmeasuredoutcropped.resized.jpg)
The molasses was poured into the mixing bowl with the vegetable oil and brown sugar:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/12molassespouredintobowlwithoilandbrownsugarcropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13mixingmolassesinwithaforkcropped.resized.jpg)
The molasses, vegetable oil, and brown sugar were mixed with a fork:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/14molassesbrownsugaroilmixedcropped.resized.jpg)
In order to blend the molasses better with the other ingredients, the mixing bowl was warmed a bit in a microwave oven:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/15molassesbrownsugaroilplacedinmicrowavetosoftenmolassescropped.resized.jpg)
… and the microwave oven set to 15 seconds:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/16microwaveovensetto15secondsandremixedandrepeatedcropped.resized.jpg)
The mix was lightly warmed, mixed again with a fork, and the process repeated.
Eggs were taken out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/17eggstakenoutcropped.resized.jpg)
The eggs were cracked into the mixing bowl with the other ingredients:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/18eggscrackedintobowlcropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/19eggscrackedintobowlcropped.resized.jpg)
The ingredients were mixed again with a fork:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20ingredientsmixedcropped.resized.jpg)
Milk was measured out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/21milkmeasuredoutcropped.resized.jpg)
The milk was poured into the mixing bowl:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/22milkpouredintobowlcropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/23milkpouredintobowlcropped.resized.jpg)
The ingredients in the mixing bowl were mixed again with a fork:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/24milkmixedintoingredientscropped.resized.jpg)
Bran was measured out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/25branmeasuredoutcropped.resized.jpg)
The bran was added to the mixing bowl with the wet ingredients:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/26brantransferredtobowlcropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/27brantransferredtobowlcropped.resized.jpg)
The bran was mixed into the wet ingredients with a fork:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/28branmixedintoingredientscropped.resized.jpg)
Flour was measured out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/29flourmeasuredoutcropped.resized.jpg)
Baking powder was measured out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/30bakingpowdermeasuredoutcropped.resized.jpg)
The baking powder was transferred to the flour:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/31bakingpowdertransferredtoflourcropped.resized.jpg)
Baking soda was measured out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/32bakingsodameasuredoutcropped.resized.jpg)
The baking soda was transferred to the flour and baking powder:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/33bakingsodatransferredtoflourandbakingpowdercropped.resized.jpg)
Salt was measured out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/34saltmeasuredoutcropped.resized.jpg)
The salt was transferred to the flour, baking powder, and baking soda:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/35salttransferredtoflourbakingpowderbakingsodacropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/36flourbakingpowderbakingsodasaltcropped.resized.jpg)
The flour, baking powder, and baking soda were mixed together with a fork:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/37flourbakingpowderbakingsodasaltwithaforkcropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/38flourbakingpowderbakingsodasaltwithaforkcropped.resized.jpg)
The flour mix was transferred to the wet ingredients:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/39flourmixtureaddedtowetingredientscropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/40flourmixedtowetingredientscropped.resized.jpg)
The flour mix was mixed with the wet ingredients (oops I forgot to take a photo).
Raisins were measured out:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/41raisinsmeasuredoutcropped.resized.jpg)
The raisins were added to the wet ingredients (oops I again forgot to take a photo) and everything was again mixed with a fork:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/42raisinsaddedtowetingredientsandmixedcropped.resized.jpg)
The muffin baking tin with the paper muffin cups prepared earlier was taken out, ready to transfer the muffin batter:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/43batterbroughttomuffintincropped.resized.jpg)
The muffin batter was transferred to the paper muffin cups:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/44battertransferredtomuffintincropped.resized.jpg)
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/45battertransferredtomuffintincropped.resized.jpg)
The muffin baking tin filled with muffin batter was placed in the preheated oven:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/46muffintintransferredtoovencropped.resized.jpg)
A timer was set to 18 minutes:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/47timersetto18minutescropped.resized.jpg)
When the muffins were baked, they were taken out of the oven …
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/48muffinsreadyandbeingtakenoutcropped.resized.jpg)
… and placed on a cooling rack:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/49muffintinoncoolingrackcropped.resized.jpg)
The muffins were taken out of the baking tin and placed on the cooling rack:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/50muffinstakenoutofbakingtinandplacedoncoolingrackscropped.resized.jpg)
When the muffins were cooled, they were placed in a cleaned reused freezer bag:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/51cooledmuffinsplacedinacleanfreezerbagcropped.resized.jpg)
The bag of cooled muffins were placed in the freezer:
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/52bagofmuffinsplacedinfreezercropped.resized.jpg)
… and the next morning, breakfast was delicious!
![](https://www.malak.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/53breakfastthenextdayisservedcropped.resized.jpg)
Of course they are yummy!