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Throwback Refrigerator Muffins

Ingredients
  

  • 1 15 oz box All Bran or Raisin Bran Cereal
  • 5 c all purpose flour
  • 3 c sugar
  • 5 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 c applesauce
  • 4 whole eggs beaten
  • 1 quart buttermilk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400 if you are going to cook some right away.
  • Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
  • Mix the applesauce, beaten eggs, and buttermilk together.
  • Add the wet into the dry and stir to combine.
  • Don't stir it again after the initial mixing. Just scoop out as much as you need each time you use it.
  • To bake, fill the muffin tin about 2/3rds full and bake at 400 for 15 - 20 minutes
  • Store the batter in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks. Don't stir it.

Notes

You can substitute up to 2 cups quick cooking oats for the flour. I've reduced the sugar from 3 cups to 2 cups before and they were just fine. (I made no adjustments in the liquids when I reduced the sugar by a cup.)
The original recipe calls for a cup of melted Crisco, not applesauce. I don't even have Crisco in my house. Crisco started life as a supply chain item circa 1880 forĀ soap making. Check it out here. Proctor and Gamble, understanding that the light bulb was going to win the day, switched from candle making to soap making and it needed a fat that was solid at room temperature ... Is it true, just because I found an obscure source on Google? No. Does that make Crisco an actual food item Mother Earth made? Still no. We get enough fake food just living our lives: no need to have fake food come out of your kitchen.