Refrigerator Bran Muffins

• 4 cups bran flakes cereal
• 2 cups wheat bran cereal (such as Kellogg's(R) All-Bran(R))
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups shortening
• 4 eggs
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 5 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 quart buttermilk

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a muffin pan or line with muffin cups.
2. Combine bran flakes and bran cereal in a heat-proof bowl. Cover with boiling water; stir and let sit until softened.
3. Beat sugar, shortening, and eggs together in a very large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy.
4. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into a bowl. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture. Stir in softened bran; mix until evenly incorporated.
5. Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin pan.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 15 minutes.

bran flakes cereal, cereal, boiling water, white sugar, shortening, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, buttermilk

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/258916/refrigerator-bran-muffins/ (may not work)