Muffins that make you dance

Here are some baked goods guaranteed to put poop pep in your step. Bran muffins, mm-mmm, delicious! No, really.

Stepdance Bran Muffins

• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/4 cup black strap molasses
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 cup wheat bran (or wheat bran and oat bran, mixed)
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour, the fresher the better
• 1/4 cup almond meal (or more whole wheat flour, if you haven’t got any)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup  slivered almonds
• cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with paper muffin cups and coat them inside with cooking spray. 

In a medium-sized bowl, beat together the oil, molasses, egg, and milk till smooth. Stir in the bran and let it absorb the liquids. 

Mix together the other dry ingredients and stir into the bran mixture until the dry mix has been thoroughly moistened. Spoon into the muffin cups and bake for 20 minutes.

Makes 12 muffins.

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