Other than the cereal box treat, I've always been curious about the "recipes" that appear on boxes of cereal. Sure, I've seen people make fried chicken with corn flakes, but what about the other stuff?
My box of multi-grain flakes and nuts and fruits has a recipe for muffins. I tried it, but made several adjustments for taste and texture. I had to add more chopped nuts and raisins because let's face it, there aren't that many to begin with in a box of cereal, but other than that, the muffins weren't too bad. You just have to make sure that you crush up the flakes and let them soften before mixing into the batter, for who wants a flaky muffin?!
In the end, they taste okay, and work well if you're on the go, but I think eating cereal in a bowl with milk tastes better to me.
Cereal Muffins
Preheat overn to 400; line muffin pan with paper liners.
Sift together 1¼ c. flour, ½ c sugar, 1 Tbsp. baking pwder, ¼ tsp. cinnamon, and ½ tsp salt.
In a large mixing bowl, pour 1 c. cream (original recipe uses milk) over 1 c. multi-grain flaky cereal. Stir and allow the cereal to soften for about 10 minutes. Stir with fork, and do your best to mash up all the flakes. Add ½ stick melted butter (original recipe uses ¼ c vegetable oil), 1 large egg, and stir to combine. Stir in 1 c. raisins that have been plumped in hot water, and ½ c. chopped nuts (I used pecans and walnuts).
Stir flour mixture into cereal/cream mixture until just combined. Pour batter into muffin pan.
Bake for about 20 minutes.
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