Mom'S Best Bran Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups boiling water
2 cups all-bran cereal, ceral
2 cups white sugar
1 cup margarine
4 eggs
1 quart buttermilk
5 cups flour
3 tablespoons baking soda
1 tablespoon salt
4 cups bran flakes
3 1/2 cups raisins or 3 1/2 cups dates

Preparation

Pour two cups of boiling water over all bran ceral.
Let stand.
Cream together sugar, margarine, and eggs.
Add butter milk, and bran/water mix to sugar, margarine, and eggs.
In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and bran flakes.
Add wet ingredients to dry, and mix well.
Fold in raisens or dates.
Bake at 350 for 15-20 minute.
Muffins turn out best if you make the mixture the night before, and bake them the next day.