Jam Filled Oat Bran Muffins

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons flax seeds (ground equals 2 eggs)
• 6 tablespoons water
• 2 cups oat bran
• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour or 1 cup unbleached flour
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar (firm pack ) or 1/2 cup dark brown sugar (firm pack )
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups soymilk or 1 1/4 cups other non-dairy milk substitute
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil or 1/3 cup other light oil
• 1 cup walnuts (chopped ) (optional)
• 1/2 cup jam (strawberry is good, but any will do and fruit sweetened if you can find it)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425'f.
• 2 lightly grease your muffin tin(s).
• 3 in a med. size bowl with a hand mixer whip up the water and the flax seed meal. in about a couple of minutes this should become a thick and creamy liquid.
• 4 in a large bowl combine the oat bran, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. set aside.
• 5 in a small bowl mix the flax seed mixture, milk and oil.
• 6 stir in the walnuts if using and then add to the dry ingredients until just combined, don't over mix!
• 7 fill your prepared muffin cups less then half full, then put a dab of your jam on top of the batter, then put more batter until the muffin cup is 2/3 full.
• 8 bake for 15-20 minutes, depending on how your oven is. i used a skewer to test the side to see if it was done. i didn't put it down the middle as the jam is there.
• 9 cool the muffins in the tin for about 3 minutes, then remove to a rack to a wire cool.
• 10 bon appetit!