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Bran is the portion of the grain immediately under the husk of the wheat kernel; it covers the entire kernel. Mostly, people add Wheat Bran to recipes that use flour to add nutritional punch in making items such as pancakes, muffins, and breads. A few tablespoons at a time should do it, but you can substitute up to 1/3 of the flour for Wheat Bran in many recipes.

While there are other types of bran such as oat bran, if a recipe doesn't specify, it means "wheat" bran.

Cooking Tips
When adding bran to a bread recipe, soak the bran first in some of the liquid from the recipe for 15 to 30 minutes before adding it and kneading. This softens the bran, making it less abrasive and less likely to cut through the gluten (which would make the bread rise less.)

Substitutes
Oat bran or wheat germ

Nutrition
Protein, fibre, carbohydrates.

Storage
Store in the refrigerator or freezer to keep it from going rancid.

Also called:

See Also:

Oat Bran

Other entries for:

Wheat
Bulgur Wheat, Cracked Wheat, Durum Wheat, Emmer, Hard Wheat, Soft Wheat, Spring Wheat, Wheat Berries, Wheat Bran, Wheat Flakes, Wheat Germ, Winter Wheat

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Grains
Amaranth, Barley, Buckwheat, Cereals, Corn, Flax, Kamut, Millet, Oats, Quinoa, Red River Cereal, Rice, Rye, Semolina, Sorghum, Spelt, Teff, Triticale