What Is Bran and How Can I Use It?

Here's everything worth knowing about bran and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 229 recipes to cook tonight.

Nutrition

Where found

Bran is usually found in the baking supplies section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.

Food group

Bran is a member of the Cereal Grains and Pasta US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.

How much does bran weigh?

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Cereal Grains and Pasta

Recipes using bran

There are 229 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Pumpkin Biscuits (Lacto)

Savory pumpkin biscuits with whole wheat, wheat germ, bran, and a clever clove of garlic to balance the sweetness. Drop biscuits with a spoonbread interior, no butter or eggs needed.

Double Bran Bread - Bread Machine

This bran bread machine recipe is a fiber powerhouse, utilizing both crunchy bran flakes and fine wheat bran.

Almost Whole Wheat Chocolate Banana Muffins

Chocolate banana muffins built from a homemade whole-wheat-and-bran muffin mix you keep on the shelf. Mashed banana, chocolate chips, and a banana slice on top finish each one.

Protein Pancakes

Protein pancakes blend whole-wheat flour, bran, ground oats, and soy flour for a fiber-packed stack with 14 grams of protein per serving. Hearty, nutty, and built to keep you full past lunch.

Berry Orange Banana Muffins

Berry orange banana muffins made with whole wheat flour and natural bran. Mashed banana and frozen orange juice concentrate sweeten these high-fiber breakfast muffins, dotted with juicy blueberries or raspberries.

Whole Grain Spice Pumpkin Muffins

Whole grain spice pumpkin muffins with whole wheat pastry flour, bran, honey, dates, and raisins. Naturally sweetened, fiber-rich fall muffins with warm spices and orange zest.

Whole Grain Apple Pancakes (Smith)

Whole grain apple pancakes leavened with yeast and packed with bran, grated fresh apple, and apple juice. Thicker than regular pancakes, naturally egg-free, high-fiber, and sweet without a drop of added sugar.

Branicot Banana Bread

Banana bread with bran cereal and chewy dried apricots, baked into a hearty fiber-rich loaf with brown sugar warmth and a tender crumb. A wholesome breakfast quickbread.

Oatmeal Raisin Drop Cookies

Oatmeal raisin drop cookies with steam-plumped raisins, oat bran, buttermilk, and walnuts. Soft, chewy, and warm with cinnamon and nutmeg. The technique that keeps raisins from going hard.

Banana Curry Muffins

Unusual banana curry muffins flavored with curry powder, treacle, and sweetened condensed milk, plus mashed bananas and bran. A high-fibre breakfast muffin with a savory-spice twist.

Buttermilk Whole Grain Pancakes

Get a powerful start to the day with these delicious and nutritious pancakes.

Super Peanut Butter Cookies

Super peanut butter cookies loaded with rolled oats and bran for chewy, fiber-rich texture. A peanut butter cookie that actually has substance, with crisp golden edges and soft middles. One mixing bowl, no chilling, no fuss.

Whole Wheat Yeast Waffles

Yeast-leavened whole wheat waffles use rising time instead of baking powder for crisp, deeply tangy waffles. No eggs, no oil, just whole wheat pastry flour, bran, molasses, and yeast.

Chunky Apple Spice Muffins

Whole wheat bran muffins loaded with diced Granny Smith apples, warming spices, and unsweetened applesauce. A high-fiber breakfast or snack muffin with no eggs or dairy.

High-Fibre Apple Pancakes

This whole-wheat apple pancake is high in fibre, uses yeast and is completely dairy-free.

Desperately Healthy Pancakes

High-fiber pancakes packed with soy flour, whole wheat, wheat germ, and bran, lifted with whipped egg whites and brightened with orange juice. A wholesome breakfast that doesn't taste like cardboard.

Sugar Free Peach Oat Bran Muffins

Sugar free peach oat bran muffins packed with chopped peaches, toasted pecans, and dates. Made with brown rice flour and oat bran for a hearty, gluten-free breakfast muffin sweetened only with fruit.

Nutty Almond, Raspberry Jam & Apricot Granola Bars

These delicious and nutritious granola bars are ideal for breakfast, snack or anytime when you feel hungry. Very easy to make, and they provide lots of great values to your body.

Whole Grain Bran Apple Muffins

Hearty muffins packed with whole wheat flour, bran, and finely chopped apples. Sweetened with sorghum syrup for molasses-like depth and moist crumb.

Apple Bran Spice Muffins

Apple bran spice muffins sweetened only with honey and applesauce, no oil or butter. High-fiber breakfast bake with five warm spices, buttermilk tang, and grated apple folded through the batter.

Yummy Oatmeal Raisin & Chocolate Chip Cookies

Loaded oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips, plump raisins and oat bran for extra fiber in every chewy, golden bite

Whole Grain Pumpkin Bread

Whole grain pumpkin bread loaded with whole wheat flour, bran, and wheat germ for serious fiber, sweetened with brown sugar and molasses. Spiced with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg for cozy fall flavor in every slice.

Whole Grain Pumpkin Bread

Whole grain pumpkin bread loaded with whole wheat flour, bran, and wheat germ for serious fiber, sweetened with brown sugar and molasses. Spiced with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg for cozy fall flavor in every slice.

Blueberry Bran Honey Muffins

Blueberry bran honey muffins are high-fiber breakfast muffins with bran, dark honey, fresh blueberries, and a moist tender crumb. A wholesome bake that yields 24 hearty muffins.

Irish Breakfast Scones

Dairy-free, hearty whole wheat and bran Irish scones.

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