Yummy Bran Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups bran cereal (such as Kellogg’s All-Bran)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup raisins (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

Stir milk and lemon juice together in a bowl; let sit until milk curdles slightly, about 5 minutes. Pour bran cereal into milk mixture and let cereal soften, about 5 minutes more.

Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves together in a bowl. Beat brown sugar, vegetable oil, egg, and vanilla extract together in another bowl. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture until batter is just-combined.

Stir bran cereal mixture into batter; fold in raisins. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.

Bake in the preheated oven until browned and set, 16 to 18 minutes.