Apple Carrot Muffins

Ingredients

• 1.75 cups bran cereal
• 1.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.75 cups white sugar
• 1.25 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 0.75 cups buttermilk
• 0.25 cups canola oil
• 1 egg
• 0.75 cups peeled and finely chopped apple
• 0.75 cups grated carrot
• 0.25 cups chopped walnuts , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.

2. 2

   Whisk bran cereal, flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl. Beat buttermilk, canola oil, and egg together in a separate bowl; stir into bran cereal mixture. Gently stir in apple, carrot, and walnuts. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them about 3/4 full.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool muffins in tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to completely cool.