Banana Bran Muffins

• 1/2 cup oat or wheat bran, or bran cereal (i.e., All Bran)
• 1/2 cup almond milk (or you could use whole milk)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup white whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup toasted almonds, chopped into small pieces
• cinnamon sugar to sprinkle the muffin tops (optional)

1. Pour the almond milk over the bran in a medium bowl. Let it sit while you heavily butter a 12 cup muffin tin and heat your oven to 350. Add the vegetable oil, applesauce, brown sugar, molasses and vanilla, and stir well. Add in the bananas, mashing them a bit and mixing them with the other ingredients. Stir in the egg, mixing it well so that no traces of egg are visible in the wet mixture.
2. Place the dry ingredients (flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon) in a large bowl and whisk them together very well.
3. Scrape the wet mixture into the large bowl, and fold the wet mixture and flour together gently so that they are thoroughly blended and no traces of flour are visible. Stir in almonds.
4. Using a half cup measure, scoop batter into the prepared pan. It should reach the top of the cups. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar if using. Bake for 30-40 minutes, rotating the tin halfway through. Remove tins from oven and (genius tip from Kim Boyce) twist each muffin out, placing it on its side in the tin to cool. (That's why you have to butter the tin really well, and I used a small spatula to help release the muffins.)
5. Since people often ask me about the nutritional content, here it is (per muffin):rnrnAmount Per ServingrnCalories 274Calories from Fat 83rn% Daily Value*rnTotal Fat 9.2g14%rnSaturated Fat 3.6g18%rnTrans Fat 0.0grnCholesterol 19mg6%rnSodium 351mg15%rnPotassium 537mg15%rnTotal Carbohydrates 41.6g14%rnDietary Fiber 6.8g27%rnSugars 14.3grnProtein 6.8g

bran, almond milk, unsweetened applesauce, vegetable oil, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla, bananas, egg, flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, kosher salt, cinnamon, almonds, cinnamon sugar

Taken from food52.com/recipes/29603-banana-bran-muffins (may not work)