Yummy Bran Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1.5 cups bran cereal , such as Kellogg's® All-Bran®
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.13 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.13 teaspoons ground cloves
• 0.67 cups dark brown sugar
• 0.33 cups vegetable oil
• 1 egg , beaten
• 0.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.75 cups raisins , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

2. 2

   Stir milk and lemon juice together in a bowl; let sit until milk curdles slightly, about 5 minutes. Pour bran cereal into milk mixture and let cereal soften, about 5 minutes more.

3. 3

   Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves together in a bowl. Beat brown sugar, vegetable oil, egg, and vanilla extract together in another bowl. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture until batter is just-combined.

4. 4

   Stir bran cereal mixture into batter; fold in raisins. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until browned and set, 16 to 18 minutes.