One of my all-time favourite activities is "Girl's Night" with my best friend Heather. They occur most Thursdays (Grey's Anatomy), the occasional Tuesday (Glee) and anytime an epic chick-flick comes out. The more crying the better. Seriously.
We used to have a tradition where one of us would pick up a bottle of Boones (cheap, fruity wine) on the way to the other's house. Now we have bake-a-thon's instead (okay - the wine occasionally makes an appearance).
These muffins are Heather's signature recipe - you can always find some of these on her counter or in her freezer. These are a great breakfast muffin and go excellent with your morning coffee.
[Heather: These muffins are fast, healthy and delicious. I make a batch every two weeks and my house eats them for breakfast everyday. And with the news that a small amount of chocolate in the am will help your metabolism, they are even better for you!]
Ingredients
- 2 cups apple juice
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup honey
- 5 eggs, beaten
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 cups bran
Directions
In a medium bow, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in bran. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl or electric mixer, combine brown sugar, oil, honey, and eggs; mix well. Stir in apple juice. Add bran mixture, and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips.
Cover, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours, or overnight for best results (can be placed in the freezer for 30 minutes instead). Batter will be thin; it will thicken as it chills.
Stir chilled batter. Fill greased or paper lined muffin cups 3/4 full.
Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 20-25 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to counter to cool.
Enjoy!
This is the oldest picture I can find of Heather and I (I'm on the left, she's on the right). I'm pretty sure this was in grade 9 (yep, that would be the late 90's) - taken in front of our high school. It's really too bad there is no photographic evidence (ha!) of our matching pixie cuts - mine hot pink, and hers smurf blue. Yep, we were the coolest.
The honey is missing from the ingredients list. Looking forward to trying them!
ReplyDeleteThe recipe calls for 1/2 cup honey. :)
DeleteWhen I lived in San Francisco, we'd get Honey Bran muffins from BabyCakes bakery. I ate one almost everyday. These muffins look like what we had. I am so looking forward to making these! With dark chocolate chips! And, partaking of them with a triple shot Mocha Espresso. I'll be in heaven!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like heaven!
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