Recipe: Our Best Bran Muffins (All-Bran cereal box, 1926)

OUR BEST BRAN MUFFINS

1 1/4 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups Kellogg's All-Bran cereal
1 1/4 cups milk
1 egg
1/3 cup shortening or vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 400 degrees G. Grease 12 (21/2-inch) muffin-pan cups.

In medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar; set aside.

In large mixing bowl, combine cereal and milk. Let stand for 1 to 2 minutes or until cereal is softened.

Add egg and shortening to cereal mixture. Beat well. Add flour mixture, stirring only until combined. Portion batter evenly into prepared muffin cups.

Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.

Makes 1 dozen muffins
Source: first appeared on the All-Bran cereal box in 1926