Once the muffins have cooled slightly, you can dip the muffins into the icing or spoon the icing on top. The icing will set as it cools. Enjoy!

For the Muffins: 2 cups hot water. 5 tsp baking soda. 1 cup shortening. 1 cup sugar. 4 eggs. 1 quart buttermilk. 5 cups flour. 1 tbsp salt. 2 cups all bran. 4 cups bran cereal with raisins.

And raspberry powder is hard to find — you can order it online or buy a bag of freeze-dried raspberries and pulverize them yourself — but it gives the muffins a really nice raspberry flavor in ...