Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1                cup  warm water
  2 1/2           cups  unbleached all-purpose flour
     1/2           cup  butter/margarine -- room temp.
  2              large  eggs
  3 1/2           cups  wheat/oat bran cereal
  2 1/2      teaspoons  baking soda
  1 1/2           cups  granulated sugar
  2               cups  butter/sour milk.

Preparation:

Mix water with 1 cup cereal. Sift flour with baking soda. In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Add sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating after each addition. Blend in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape sides of bowl often. Stir in flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time, alternating with butter/sour milk, added 1/2 cup at a time also. Stir in soaked bran and the remaining bran cereal. Cover and store in refrigerator at least 6 hours before baking. To bake muffins, heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease 2 1/2-inch Muffin Cups. Stir batter gently. Fill each muffin cup with about 1/4 c batter. Bake about 20 minutes, or until nicely browned. Remove from pan and serve hot with butter. Makes 6 cups batter or about 24 2 1/2-inch muffins.

Nutritional Information:

215 Calories (kcal); 1g Total Fat; (5% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 50g Carbohydrate; 62mg Cholesterol; 545mg Sodium