Mormon Muffins

Ingredients

• 2 cups boiling water
• 5 teaspoons baking soda
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 quart buttermilk
• 4 cups bran cereal (such as Kellogg’s All-Bran)
• 2 cups bran flakes cereal
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions

Combine boiling water and baking soda together in a large bowl. Let cool slightly.

Stir flour, buttermilk, bran cereal, bran flakes, walnuts, sugar, oil, butter, eggs, cinnamon, salt, ginger, and nutmeg into water-baking soda mixture until just combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate muffin batter for at least 8 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 60 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

Pour batter into prepared muffin cups 1/2 full.

Bake muffins in the preheated oven until the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes.