Fresh Sourdough Bran Muffins That the Whole Family Will Love

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Want to use Fresh Milled Flour for this recipe? Follow these conversion steps in the instructions below!

sourdough bran muffins

Sourdough Bran Muffins

Our family of 8 makes these bran muffins FRESH at least 3 times a week!!! It’s an easy swap in a food that everyone loves that everyone benefits from! As a mom of 6 with some really stubborn personalities, this recipe wins because it satisfies them all while being healthy and homemade! Win win all around!

Ingredients
  

  • 5 tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups of boiling water
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 cups of buttermilk
  • 5 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 cups all bran
  • 1 cup wheat germ
  • 2 cups bran flakes

Instructions
 

  • Add baking soda to 2 cups boiling water and let cool.
  • Cream butter, sugar and eggs. beat well. Stir in buttermilk, flour and salt (in that order)
  • Add the water & baking soda mixture to butter and sugar mixture.
  • Add all bran, flakes and blend.
  • Cover tightly and store in fridge over night.
  • In the morning, add 3 1/2 cups of batter into a mixing bowl along with 1 cup of your active sourdough starter.
  • Fill muffin tins and bake at 375 for 20 minutes

Fresh Milled Flour (FM) Conversion

  • First, replace all purpose (AP) flour for FM soft white. The conversion is to add an additional 1/4 cup for every cup of AP flour.
  • For this recipe, you would use 6 1/4 cups FM soft white (or any combo. I also love spelt, khorasan or einkorn mixed in w/ the soft white).
  • I omit the wheat germ when using FM flour as well.

Notes

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This recipe will make 60 muffins total. Like I mentioned before, you can make a big ‘ol batch and keep the batter in the fridge so you can make a batch of fresh muffins each morning without the messy kitchen AND without the extra temptation of baked muffins laying around. Just make what you need for that day!
Here’s my updated, lower sugar, version of the Bran Muffins: 
  • Used 1/2 buckwheat with 1/2 soft white fresh milled for my flour
  • Swapped the all bran for dark wheat bran
  • Took out the wheat germ since I did dark wheat bran
  • Used a cup of oats w/ 2 cups of the wheat bran instead
  • Cut the sugar in half. Muffins were still delish but definitely not as sweet. This should help me not wanna eat 6 and kids still loved them!
 
Micah Folsom

Hi, I’m Micah!

Wife to a cattle rancher and homeschool mom to our 6 kids on our small farm in Southeast Idaho.

I’m a huge believer that women can live multi-passionate lives and still honor their family values, letting our heart tugs pave the way for us to live out our fullest potential and be the light we’re meant to be.

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