Buttermilk Date Muffins
Get your daily fiber boost by snacking on one of these light and super moist muffins. Add some crunch by adding toasted, chopped, walnut halves or for additional chew add some raisins or currants. Enjoy this winning combination of dates, natural bran and buttermilk any time of the year and feel good knowing that you are treating yourself to a healthy snack.
Equipment
- 12-cup muffin tin
- small saucepan or pot
Ingredients
Date mixture:
- 1 cup dates pitted and chopped
- 1 cup boiling water
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Remaining ingredients:
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp salt can reduce to ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1½ cups natural bran also called wheat bran or bran flakes
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup of milk soured with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar and let stand for 10 minutes
Optional ingredients:
- ½ cup walnuts toasted and chopped
- ½ cup raisins or currants
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉. Grease 10 of the spaces in the muffin tin with butter or shortening. Note: paper liners do not work very well because this batter is very runny until it sets up.
- Combine the chopped dates, boiling hot water, brown sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Cook until thickened, about 4 minutes. Let sit until cooled, about 15 minutes.
- In a large bowl or in a stand mixer, beat the sugar, egg, salt, oil and date filling. Beat on high until smooth.
- Stir in the bran with a spatula or spoon.
- Add the flour, baking soda, lightly stir.
- Add the buttermilk and lightly stir, only to combine.
- Spoon into greased muffin cups and let stand three minutes.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1-muffinCalories: 212kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 4gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 382mgPotassium: 278mgFiber: 5gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 69IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 2mg
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