Dry:

• 1 20 oz box of Raisin Bran cereal (must be regular type raisin bran or flakes won’t dissolve in liquid ingredients)
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 cups flour
• 5 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp gnd cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp gnd cloves
• 1 tsp gnd nutmeg
• 1 tsp gnd ginger
• Add additional nuts and dried fruit up to 2 cups (I used dried cranberries, dried apricots and pecans)
• ??? - 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom - ???

Wet:

• 4 eggs
• 1-1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 quart buttermilk
• 1 T vanilla

Preheat oven to 400.

Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Stir wet ingredients together in a separate bowl – whisk eggs first then add other wet ingredients.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.  Mix well by hand.

Let stand for about 20 minutes for the bran flakes to soften.

Fill muffin tins 2/3 full.  Bake 15-18 minutes.

Batter will last up to 4 weeks in the refrigerator.

Lessons learned: If you make them, they will come. This is a great "waybread" solution for travelers. Ed has taken them flying on rescue missions and on week-long business trips. Captain Callahan gets a devious look when the muffins arrive.

These muffins are lifesavers, literally. Lary Bloom calls them Hero Muffins.