Mom'S Best Bran Muffins

• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 cups all-bran cereal, ceral
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup margarine
• 4 eggs
• 1 quart buttermilk
• 5 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 4 cups bran flakes
• 3 1/2 cups raisins or 3 1/2 cups dates

1. Pour two cups of boiling water over all bran ceral.
2. Let stand.
3. Cream together sugar, margarine, and eggs.
4. Add butter milk, and bran/water mix to sugar, margarine, and eggs.
5. In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and bran flakes.
6. Add wet ingredients to dry, and mix well.
7. Fold in raisens or dates.
8. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minute.
9. Muffins turn out best if you make the mixture the night before, and bake them the next day.

boiling water, allbran cereal, white sugar, margarine, eggs, buttermilk, flour, baking soda, salt, bran flakes, raisins

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/moms-best-bran-muffins-140787 (may not work)