Breakfast Mega Cooking!

Today i am doing some Mega Cooking. Making in bulk to have over the next few weeks. That will get us through to Thanksgiving. We have family coming and it is tough to make 3 meals a day when you are trying to visit. If it is all ready and just a thaw away then that leaves more time to visit and Thanksgiving prep will be much easier! i am making Breakfast to have in the freezer. Here is one of my "mega" favorites.

• Chocolate chip Bran Muffins

These are great for feeding a large family. Cereal is just such an overpriced breakfast for us. If the meal is frozen and ready to go its is much more cost effective for us. The Bran muffin recipe is one passed to me by my grandmother. She used to make this mega batch of muffins for the soup kitchen she ran in her local church. i remember her dropping spoonfuls of batter into the muffin cups. She made them in a mini version to make them go farther as well. She used to add pineapple to hers. If you need to stretch your grocery budget make them grandmas way. At our home it had to be modified. Since Jason didn't care to much for the fruit. We put in chocolate chips we buy them in bulk so they are not so expensive. The cost of chocolate chips have gone sky high these days. Or perhaps you could just add raisin bran cereal rather than the pineapple, or chocolate. Nothing is set in stone just use what you have on hand.

Chocolate Chip Bran Muffins

• 5c. flour
• 3c. sugar
• 5t baking soda
• 2t. salt
• 1t. cinnamon
• 1/2t. all-spice
• 4eggs
• 4c. buttermilk
• 1c.oil
• 120z. Bran cereal(use raisin bran if you like)

Optional additions:1(16oz.) can of crushed pineapples, or 1c. Chocolate chips. Or any other dried fruit you may have on hand!

Mix together the flour, sugar, soda, salt, cinnamon, and all-spice. In a small bowl mix eggs, buttermilk, and oil together well. Pour the wet mixture on the dry and fold in. Add the Bran, and any of the optional additions. Line your muffin pan and fill the muffin cups. Bake 400 for 15-20 minutes. Makes several dozen. Batter will also keep up to 6 weeks in the fridge!

Yummy!