Fruit and Granola Muffins

3c small crumbly granola*
1c chopped dried fruit
1c chopped almonds

1c white & (brown sugar... 

...or coconut sugar) in a 3/1 ratio

3 eggs - beaten

1T pure vanilla
½c vegetable oil

2c buttermilk

1½c unbleached white flour

½c coconut flour

⅓c ground golden flax seed

2t pumpkin pie spice

2½t baking soda

1t salt

In a large bowl, combine the first group.  Whisk the next group together in another bowl.  Sift - strain the dry ingredients into another bowl and give them a good stir to be sure they're all blended.

Alternately add the liquids with the dry ingredients to the big bowl, stirring well with a heavy wooden spoon.  Put a scoop of the batter in paper-lined muffin tins.  This recipe makes about 3 dozen.  If you only want to bake a dozen or so, it will keep in the refrigerator a while, or can be put in a heavy zip-type bag and frozen. . .Lin

This is my total adulteration of an old recipe my mother-in-law used to make.  The 6-Week Buttermilk Bran Muffins.  That is also an excellent one, with nuts and chocolate chips.  *Any flavors.  Today I used 2c of an oats and dark chocolate granola, with 1c of mango-coconut granola.