Name: Wheat Germ Muffins Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Buttermilk; 1 cup Rolled Oats; 1 Egg; 1/2 cup Oil; 1 cup Flour (sifted); 1/2 cup Wheat Germ; 1/2 cup Raisins; 1/2 cup Brown Sugar; 2 teaspoons Baking Powder; 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda; 1/2 teaspoon Salt

Wheat Germ Muffins Recipe

Wheat germ is very good for you, but not very tasty. This recipe, with the brown sugar and raisins, may entice people into eating it.

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Cooking Temperature 190 C / 375 F / Gas Mark 5

Course Breakfast, Desserts and Sweets

Ingredients

1 cup Buttermilk
1 cup Rolled Oats
1 Egg
½ cup Oil
1 cup Flour sifted
½ cup Wheat Germ
½ cup Raisins
½ cup Brown Sugar
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
½ teaspoon Baking Soda
½ teaspoon Salt

Instructions

Butter your muffin tins (about a dozen.)
Start oven heating to 190 C / 375 F / Gas Mark 5
Combine sour milk, oil, oats and egg. Set aside.
In another bowl, mix flour, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda and salt; then stir in the raisins.
Turn the flour mixture all at once into the milk and oat mixture, then stir until just blended; leave slightly lumpy.
Spoon into muffin tins and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

Notes

See buttermilk entry for substitutions.

You can use melted shortening instead of oil.

You can substitute currants or dates for raisins.

Optional: nuts such as walnuts.

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