Applesauce Bran Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups bran cereal (such as Kellogg's(R) All-Bran(R))
1 cup buttermilk
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup applesauce (such as Mott's(R))
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins(R))

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
Mix bran cereal and buttermilk together in a bowl; let sit for 10 minutes.
Beat brown sugar, applesauce, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth; stir into bran cereal mixture. Stir flour into bran cereal mixture until batter is well mixed; fold in walnuts and dried cranberries. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool.