Old Fashioned Morning Muffins - California Prunes

Ingredients

• 2 cups bran cereal or oat bran
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1/3 cup California extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup California Prunes (chopped)
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup raw pistachios (roughly chopped, and toasted, optional)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened chocolate (roughly chopped, optional)