Gwen's Not-Quite-Vegan Bran Muffins

It's another rainy day here in Sydney so there will be no hiking (sigh). Instead I decided to get a jump on the week and bake some muffins for Scott and I to take to work. I made carrot raisin bran ones last week and they were great. Unfortunately I used up all the carrots last night, so decided to try a carrot-free version. I started in on the recipe with gusto - mixed the dry ingredients then turned to the liquids... Here I ran into a slight (major) snag - no eggs. I wasn't about to let that stop me though. I turned to my vegan cookbooks for ideas. Another snag - it seems all vegan muffin recipes call for apple sauce as an egg replacer. I do not have apple sauce on hand. I do, however, have apples. So I chopped up 2 apples and put them in a saucepan with some water to make my own apple sauce. The end result was an accidentally made up recipe and here it is.

Gwen's not-quite-vegan bran muffins (to make vegan use soy milk and replace honey with more molases)

1 cup Bran
1 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 Tbs ground flax seeds
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
1 1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup molases
1/4 cup honey
3Tbs apple sauce
2 Tbs oil - I used non GMO canola
1 tsp vanila

Preheat oven to 350. Combine dry ingredients in one bowl. In a separate bowl (or large measuring cup) combine liquids. Pour the liquids into the dry ingredients and mix well. Grease a muffin tin and pour batter into it. Bake for 25-30 min, until a fork or toothpick comes out clean. Enjoy.