Special Recipes
POST’S BRAN BISCUIT
| ¾ cup Post’s Bran Flakes | 2 tablespoons butter or other fat |
| 1⅓ cups flour | |
| 5 teaspoons baking powder | 1 egg |
| ¾ teaspoon salt | ⅓ cup milk |
| 2 tablespoons sugar |
Mix the bran, flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar thoroughly, cut the butter into the flour, stir the well-beaten egg into the milk, and add to dry ingredients to make a moist, soft dough. Roll on floured board to about half-inch thickness, handling as little as possible; cut with biscuit cutter. Bake in hot oven (450° F.) from 12 to 15 minutes.
This recipe makes eighteen small biscuits,
POST’S BRAN MUFFINS
| 2 eggs | ½ teaspoon salt |
| 3 tablespoons sugar | 1½ cups Post’s Bran Flakes |
| ¾ cup flour | ⅔ cup milk |
| 1½ teaspoons baking powder | 2 tablespoons butter
or other fat |
Beat eggs and add sugar. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together and add Post’s Bran Flakes. Add to egg mixture alternately with milk, beating well. Stir in the melted butter. Drop the batter into well-oiled muffin pans filling each about two-thirds full. Bake for about 25 minutes in a moderately hot oven (425° F.)
This makes nine to twelve muffins.
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