Icebox Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. boiling water
2 c. Nabisco 100% Bran
1 c. (heaping) Crisco
3 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 qt. buttermilk
5 c. flour
5 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
4 c. Kellogg's All-Bran
dates, raisins or prunes (optional)

Preparation

Combine boiling water and Nabisco 100% Bran; let stand for 1 hour.
Cream sugar and Crisco.
Add well beaten eggs, buttermilk and soaked bran.
Sift together flour, soda and salt.
Add all at once with Kellogg's All-Bran.
Fold until ingredients are well moistened.
Store batter in refrigerator.
This will keep at least 2 weeks.
I keep in refrigerator for a few hours before making the first batch.
Bake in greased muffin cups at 425\u00b0 for 15 minutes.