SOAK:

1 cup 100% bran flakes in 1 cup boiling wter

Mix together:

1 1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup salad oil

2 eggs

2 cups buttermilk

Sift together and add to above:

2 1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 teaspoons soda

soaked bran

2 cups all bran cereal

1/2 pound raisins

Bake at 400* 15 to 20 minutes in muffin tin with paper lines. Batter will keep 3 weeks in refrigerator. Makes about 4 dozen.