Create-A Wholegrain Muffin

3/4 c Milk

3/4 c Bran cereal

1 Egg

1/4 c Vegetable oil

1/4 c Molasses or honey

1/4 c Firmly packed brown sugar

1 c Quaker Oats, uncooked

2/3 c Flour

1 tb Baking powder

1/4 ts Salt, if desired

Combine milk and bran cereal in medium sized bowl. Add egg, oil, molasses and brown sugar; mix well. Add combined remaining ingredients, mixing just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fill 12 greased or paper-lined muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake in preheated hot oven (400 degrees) about 15 minutes. VARIATIONS: Substitute 3/4 cup unprocessed bran for bran cereal. Substitute 1/4 cup light or dark corn syrup for molasses. Add 1/2 cup raisins, blueberries, chopped dates, apple or nuts. Sprinkle batter in muffin cups with a crunchy or strusel topping. Substitute chocolate milk for white milk. Add leftover cooked corn for a dinner muffin. From: Quaker Oats