How To Insure You’re A Super Duper Puper

Posted: January 17th, 2011 | Author: Dr. Bill Stillwell | No Comments »

I guess that should be pooper, but I was going for the alliteration
there.

Some folks wanted the recipe for my super duper bran muffins…so
here it is:

Dr. Bill’s Bran Blowout Muffins

1 coarsely cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup raisins
3/4 cup dried cherries
2 1/4 cups Fiber One cereal
1 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 Tsp baking soda
1/2 Tsp salt
1 Large egg
1 egg yolk
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 Tsp vanilla extract
6 Tbsp unsalted butter melted
14 ounces half and half

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Adjust the rack to the middle
position.

Spray a standard size muffin tin with non stick cooking spray.

Combine the raisins and dried cherries in a small saucepan and cover
with water. Bring to a boil, then take the pan off the heat and let
soak, while you’re doing the rest of the work.

Process 1 1/4 cups of the Fiber One cereal, in a coffee grinder or
food processer, until it is finely ground. Whisk both flours, baking
soda and salt in a large bowl, then set aside. Whisk egg and egg
yolk together in a medium bowl, then add sugar, molasses and
vanilla. Whisk until combined, then add the half and half, then the
butter. Stir in the ground cereal and the unground cereal. Stir
this up and let it sit for five minutes.

Coarsely chop the walnuts and add to the dry ingredients. Give this
mixture a stir. Drain the raisins and cherries.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Stir to combine, making sure all
the flour is incorporated. Add the raisins and cherries and stir,
just to combine. Using an ice cream scoop, portion the batter into
the muffin pans. You should get 12 portions.

Bake for 22 minutes at 350 degrees, then turn off the oven and let
the muffins sit for 10-15 minutes more, in the oven with the door
closed. Remove from the oven and let the muffins sit 30 minutes in
the muffin pan, before removing.

I store them in the pantry, in freezer bags ( 6 to a gallon bag).
You can freeze them, or store them in the refrigerator, but they
never last that long around here. And believe me, they do their job.
I usually eat three of these a day (That’s what works best for me).
My wife eats one, or one and a half.

For me, this is a bread substitute. The fiber (plus the fruit and
nuts), in three of these muffins outweighs the downside of the flour
and sugar. I don’t eat any other bread, pizza, and such forth. But
if you add this to bread you’re already eating, you won’t lose any
weight and it won’t work as well as it should. Some friends of mine
have done well with this, adding it to their primal diets, which
were backing them up. This loosened the logjam, so to speak, but
remember, this is the only bread we eat.

The other thing to remember is to drink plenty of water. This helps
insure that the waste the fiber is sweeping up gets pushed out the
door.

Bon appetite!

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I’ll be back tomorrow with more.

With my best wishes for your optimum health,

Dr. Bill

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