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Okay, so I kinda lied a little. Well, more like, omitted.
These aren’t just Pumpkin Streusel Muffins. They are Pumpkin Streusel BRAN muffins.
I figured the “bran” part would scare you away.
It doesn’t taste like a bran muffin. I promise! I tastes like pumpkin goodness.
I know that many of you balk at the thought of bran muffins. I usually do too, except for this recipe. It’s the one from the All-Bran box, and it’s awesome.
My Nana (my dad’s mom) introduced me to the All-Bran muffin recipe. From third grade until sixth, Nana watched me before and after school, and all day during the summers.It was from her that I learned not only about a loving grandparent, but also about how lunch should be a three-course meal and it should be followed by dessert.
Nana also introduced me to the best sugar cookies ever. She used to make them for me all the time. I’d lick the sugar off the top and eat my weight in them. Years later I asked for the recipe and guess what? They were Pillsbury slice-and-bake.
My Nana knew how much I loved all things carb. Whenever we’d have dinner at her house she’d make me biscuits, or what we called “bissy-cats”.
Every few weeks I’d get to her house in the morning and a fresh batch of bran muffins would be sitting on the counter, cooling in the peach-colored muffin tin. These muffins were the reason I begged my mom and dad for her muffin tin. It’s in my cabinet, and I use it often. Mainly, I have it so that I can remember my Nana.
Now, I admit. These aren’t Nana’s bran muffins. I mean, they are her basic recipe, but I added Fall to them.
I’m SO ready for Fall. I’m over sweating, hot weather, and shorts.
It’s cooled off in the mornings here to high 50s…but by school pick-up it’s still in the 90s. HOT. We’ve got at least another month before we get relief. Sigh.
So I figured, if I make Fall treats…maybe Fall will come.
Like the Field of Dreams...only with sugar.
I replaced the oil and eggs in this recipe with canned pumpkin. Then I topped them with brown sugar streusel. Because streusel makes everything better. (Double the recipe for more of a coating…I was trying to be all “healthy” and stuff. Stupid pants don’t fit anymore.)
The pumpkin amazingly makes these SO moist and delicious. Like, more moist than regular eggs and oil. Seriously.
You reeealllly don’t taste the bran. I promise! And, they are filling – great for a post workout snack.
So there you have it. Low-fat healthy Fall on a plate.
Mother Nature? You listening? Bring Fall please and I’ll make you some muffins.
Enjoy!
Last Updated on September 12, 2022
Those look great. Why hide Bran? It’s so good and wonderful for you. It’s not something crazy like avocado in the muffin 🙂
Oh, believe me. I’ve thought about it…. 😉
Oh Dorothy! You always make me laugh so hard! I just love reading your posts and the gorgeous photos and delicious recipes are just icing on the cake – or I guess in this case, streusel on the muffin 🙂 Pinning now and I’m right with you in wishing Fall would hurry up and A.R.R.I.V.E. Enough of summer already!
Thanks Trish! That’s the goal. 🙂 90s all week – Fall best hurry up!
Did you get a new camera? New lighting??? You’re pictures are looking SO good!! I’m in love with streusel. On anything. So this is heavenly 🙂
PS- I’m texting you and commenting on your blog 🙂 🙂 🙂
I wish!!!!! The camera is next on my list. But thank you, I think the light is finally in my favor for, like, 5 minutes a day. 🙂
Wow…very “fall-ie” is that a word??? In short, YUM. I bet they smell good too.
That they do! Thanks Trish!
Admittedly, bran muffins kind of scare me because of the whole arch-enemy-thing between my stomach and bran. Sorry, I’ll spare you the 411 on THAT story. However, I was there when you made these and you were beaming over your little muffins, AND they have brown sugar streusel (which is the best ever) AND they have pumpkin in them, so I’m going to go out, face my fear, and say these bran muffins look awesome. And I want one.
Bran too? Yikes. Bran is the only thing that…well you know. It’s a good thing on this side of the computer. 😉 And thanks Hayley, you’re always so sweet!
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