Chocolate Chip Bran Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. Bran Flakes cereal
1/2 c. boiling water
1 c. buttermilk or sour milk
1/4 c. vegetable oil
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 1/4 c. unsifted flour
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. Hershey's mini chips or semi-sweet chips
1/4 c. finely chopped, dried apricots
Bran Flakes cereal

Preparation

Combine 1 1/2 cups cereal and boiling water in medium bowl; blend well.
Cool.
Add buttermilk, oil and egg well.
Combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; stir in cereal mixture, mini chips and apricots, just until dry ingredients are moistened.