Let’s take a trip through the top drawer of my dresser. I have a point to make.
… we’re about to talk about underwear. Can you handle it?
The top dresser drawer houses the following items:
– Cotton granny panties. Summertime sleeping bras. For private use only. No exceptions. Not to be seen by any eyes other than my own.
– Cute panties. Pretty panties. Lace panties. Expensive bras with pink ribbon running through them.. all the sort that might inspire and invite a little scandal. Yea… true.
Its like night and day in my underwear drawer… night and day.
This is normal, right? We all have underwear standards.
I share this with you because I want you to know, right off the bat, that showing you these Sour Cream Molasses Bran Muffins is like giving you a peak at the granny panty portion of my top dresser drawer.
I just couldn’t glam up these muffins…. mostly because they’re not meant for glam. They’re just meant to be cakey brown muffins… ok?
I’m not going to say any more about the underwear situation… I think it’s just making everyone uncomfortable. You get my point.
Butter. That’s what I love about these bran muffins. You can taste the butter.
The muffins are made tender with sour cream and robust with molasses. And. Bonus! They’re better after two or three days. They actually taste better!
Be sure to add a handful of dried fruit. Currants, dried cranberries, diced dried apricots, or golden raisins. The muffins need the texture and sweetness. Trust me.
Sour Cream Molasses Bran Muffins
makes 12 muffins
from The Gourmet Cookbook
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup molasses, not blackstrap
1/2 cup raisins, dried cranberries, dried currants or diced dried apricots
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoons salt
1 cup wheat bran (not cereal)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease and flour a 12 tin muffin pan and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fit with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium high until light and fluffy, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the egg, sour cream and molasses and beat on medium speed until well incorporated, about 1 to 2 minutes.
In a small bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and wheat bran. Add the dry ingredients all at once to the wet ingredients. Stir until incorporated. Fold in the dried fruit. Batter will be thick and slightly lumpy.
Divide evenly among the 12 muffin tins. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes. Remove from the oven. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Store at room temperature well wrapped for up to 5 days. The muffins are better after a day or two on the counter!
Maclean Nash
I made these (as well as your pancake muffins …omg so good) for my very pregnant sister!
These are the best bran muffins I’ve ever had! SO moist and, you are totally right, even better the next day!
I am so grateful for you, your creativity and realness!
Your recipes are always a massive hit and spot on! Thank you!
Anne
Made the muffins and added raisins.They were baked in 15 minutes.
Made them January 21,2016
Very tasty.
Nancy
I just made these muffins and they are delicious. I didn’t have any raisins and my husband is not that fond of them anyways so I chopped up some frozen raspberries and put them in. They are light, buttery goodness, probably won’t be any left in a few days so we won’t know if they are better with age or not. Thank you for the wonderful recipe.
Nicolena
These are the best muffins I’ve ever had. There, I said it.
The second time I made them, I added dried cherries. It was scrumtrulescent!
Thank you, Joy!
Amy
I made these tonight to go with a pot of potato soup for dinner. They were so yummy! I added craisins, chopped pecans and a little cinnamon. My kids loved them.
Choco
I made these lovely muffins today & they were fabulous ^__^
but I replaced the raisins with chocolate chips :P
not that I don’t like them no but I didn’t have them at the moment LOL
thank you Joy ,,
DPLK
Damn these are so good. I just made them tonight, and the flavor is so rich but the texture is moist and light as air. I would have thought that one would need to let the batter sit awhile to let the bran soften up more, as a lot of recipes instruct, but these were perfect. I put dried cherries and dried blueberries in them. Perfection.
susanlang on hubpages
Mmmm, your bran muffins look so good I can smell them. Thanks for such great pictures. Bran..anything bran is so good for you…but then, you knew that. Good stuff on this website.
Lia
Amazing recipes and wonderful website!!
Cheers,
Lia.
Laura
I think they sound delicious. Even though I think of panties when I see them. Which isn’t all bad I guess? On the bright side, your photography is amazing. I’m really jealous.
– Laura
Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking
These would be great to bake and have around for a quick morning breakfast! Great recipe, Joy!
Chef Dennis
great job with th muffins, sour cream always helps the muffin, I love the molasses!!
thanks for sharing and the visuals!!
Valerie
I did a major cleaning of my pantry this weekend and came up with a number of things that needed to be used up because of expiration dates. Two of those were wheat bran and dried apricots. Perfect timing on this recipe! I made them with plain yogurt as I was out of sour cream and they still came out fabulous. Thank you for the recipe!
Shannon @ bakeandbloom.com
my underpants drawer never seems to have any underwear in it. I am constantly making the dash to my laundry to find clean underpants. My drawer seems to be full of bills I am ignoring.
Kel
These are fantastic!
I made them a little cuter by making minis and sprucing them up with pomegranate infused dried cranberries.
So good as always!
A Teenage Gourmet
This blog is so beautiful! I hope mine can be as pretty some day. :) I’ll definitely be coming back.
Sue
Anything with butter and sour cream is bound to be good!
Kirstin
I’ve been looking for a good breakfast muffin recipe and I should definitely try these out!
Jasmine
I just got some Wheat bran today and I have everything else besides the sour cream, but I have yogurt, so am so going to try this recipe.
Nelly
I just had to say what a huge fan of yours I am- Keep up the good work!
Greetings from Greece!
Luna
Wait, no one is supposed to see me in my granny panties?
tia
I was contemplating getting the Gourmet Cookbook… how do you think it is? do you have Gourmet Today (the green one) too?
Melanie
I love your website/foodie blog! I come here just to look at the pictures and gain weight :) I tagged you for an award…stop by and pick it up sometime! BTW, every girl NEEDS granny panties…they serve a vital funtion in our lives. As does bran muffins :D
michell
i refer to them as team A’s and team B’s. This post made my day
Lisa @Lisa is Hungry
haha joy! love your analogies =)
p.s. despite its lack of glam, these muffins look delish!
Ethan @ tastesbetterwithfriends.wordpress.com
Soooooo…as a guy, I can’t really take part in the discussion of where I place my granny panties, but I can still appreciate the comparison to the bran muffins.
p.s. I have a similar type of ranking for my boxers, so yea, now we can all be uncomfortable together:)
ovenhaven
Hilarious analogy! These muffins should just be renamed to granny panties muffins :P
Candice
So I should make these and when my husband asks “what smells so good?”, I should say I am baking granny panties?
Sandy
It takes a bold woman to discuss her Granny panties! We all have them we just don’t admit to it – but you….You went there! And we love that about you. We also love that you made Bran Muffins! Add a good cup of coffee and call it a morning. Yum!
Meagan
I have a post about these muffins too, best bran muffins ever!
Melissa
I can’t wait to try the muffins. I think the underwear thing is normal. I have the same thing going on. But my husband sees it all. hahaha I love all your post!
Sassy Molassy
I love the underwear analogy. Just love it.
Shanon
haha….you are seriously funny!
Rachel
1. Yum. I love bran muffins, even if they’re not glamorous!
2. Love your underwear talk. My friends and I always refer to our underwear as first string, second string, and third string. Third string are for your eyes only, but they’re often the most comfortable.
Sisi
haha..i guess everyone has a little underwear secret..;)
Janet
Oh Joy! I do love your writing. I get a little giddy when I see there’s a new post to your blog. And this one is delightful – love it!
Tracy
you are weird. but i like you.
Stephanie
Everything baked that gets better after two days is awesome. Because after those days, the taste unfolds and is way better than anything else. Sooo, not to compare with granny pants because you shouldn’t unfold those. :)
Debs
just chanced upon your blog. its got me hooked. your funny and a really great baker!!
glad i found you :)
Rocky Mountain Woman
In some odd way that makes absolute total sense to me. Is that wrong?
Wei-Wei
I think I will now officially start referring to cupcakes as lacycakes and to muffins as grannypanty cakes.
Thank you.
Brittani
HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!! So what would you consider the ever so worse sucker-inner granny panties that aren’t even remotely cofortable and tend to make a muffin top out of your aleady problematic mid-section? Perhaps they could be compared to something along the lines of my unwasteful grandma’s recipe for green jello with carrots…it’s just not right.
iga@thedelishdish
this is perfect…i have a whole bunch of sour cream, wheat bran AND molasses left over so i will def be making these!
Miss Candiquik
Haha – you are so creative. Love the comparison, so true, so true. Plain, and simple – & we all have days where this is what we want, right!? A Must Have :)
So glad I was introduced to your blog! (Credit to Brooke at Cheeky Kitchen!)
bird
i love that you use a retro tupperware dry measuring cup. and p.s. it wasn’t until i was married and moved in with the Husband that the grannys were revealed. and that’s only b/c we share a dresser.
Katie @ Cozydelicious
Any muffin that actually gets better as it sits is a winner in my book! And I love butter. And sour cream. Somehow that much rich fat in a wholesome little bran muffin is kind of like bright pink ribbon on granny-panties.
Heather @ chiknpastry
hilarious. but it makes sense completely!
it’s funny how we tend to post more glamorous recipes, but the plain jane ones are always the best!
hannah @ thepastrykook
i love sour cream, molasses and bran. these must be perfect for me
DessertForTwo
I’ve been looking for a bran recipe that doesn’t use cereal! Thanks a million!
Lawyer Loves Lunch
Hilarious post! I think everyone has a few pairs of granny panties. Plus, these muffins look delicious :)
Mónica Pinto
I visit this “heaven for bakers” for quite some time now and i simply love your sense of humor, not to mention the recipes, photos…everything! Oh, and these muffins! They look so tasty!
This is a Joy to the heart and soul!
jenny
haha!! joy, you always make my day. personally, I’ve always thought that the true test of love is whether the guy can find the granny panties MORE sexy–because he likes the authentic, no-frills you best of all. :)
I love bran muffins and can’t wait to make these.
Hollie
Granny panties and Grandma’s Molasses — they definitely go together!
Kristen
Great comparison! I do differ slightly as I have two drawers for the different types of undies. I believe in separation of church and state…
joythebaker
hahahaaahahaa! that’s a good one.
Kristen
Oh just wait until you are my age, and you’ll have three drawers devoted to panties and bras. And the drawer with, the cutsie, sexy, gorgeous ones will be practically glued shut because it never gets open any more, but you will keep them just in case you get down to a size negative again…when you felt sexy. Molasses Bran Muffins are about as sexy as can be to me anymore ;)
Silvia
Granny panties are usually much more comfortable and sometimes one feels so much better when comfortable.
Can I use quick cooking oats instead of wheat bran (just can’t find it)?
Thanks!
Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday
Sometimes a girl just wants to wear granny panties. And sometimes a girl just wants to eat a bran muffin.
Megan (Best of Fates)
I think homemade muffins with such a long title are inherently glamorous, and don’t need any sprucing up!
Jen-
I need a pink ribboned lacey bra! And some muffins!!!! Yum.
Angie
That’s a cute reference. My hubby throws away my granny panties slowly. Then I just buy more, its a vicious cycle, love the recipe!
take a megabite
Love it. Love the granny panty muffins. AND I love the idea of a bran muffin housing straight up wheat bran instead of cereal.
<3
fragolina
nice pictures. what can i use instead of sour cream? we don’t have such things here. can we use milk, full-fat yoghurt… thank you.
joythebaker
go for the yogurt!
Bethany
If anyone could compare bran muffins to granny panties – and it actually make sense – it would be you. Very impressive.
Katrina
Oh my goodness this post is funny!! I think these bran muffins are so delicious sounding. I must try them!
pookiep17
I love the analogy too. It’s like..granny panties…we all know they are good for us and they are really more comfortable..but they are not as glamourous and erotic as the Victoria’s Secret panties. Soooo Sour Cream Molasses Bran Muffins are the granny panties and Hot Fudge Sundae Cupcakes are the ooh lah lah panties. lol
pookiep17
Kinda like eating shredded wheat for breakfast when you really want Coco Puffs.
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is
Hahaha I love the comparison – muffins = granny panties. Not glamorous, but still delicious.