Can I substitute Wheat Bran for Porridge Oats?

[MimieD]

I found a recipe for banana/buttermilk muffins that I want to give a try but it lists wheat bran as one of the ingredients. Don't have any and as I never use it otherwise I don't really want to go out and buy some. Do you think I can replace it with porridge oats? Use them in some of my other muffin recipes...

Recipes if anyone if interested

Ingredients

1 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cups wheat bran
1 egg
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
1 ripe banana, mashed
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oat bran
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
In a medium bowl, mix buttermilk with wheat bran. In another bowl, beat together egg, sugar, oil, banana, and vanilla.
In a large bowl, stir together flour, oat bran, baking soda, and baking powder. Stir buttermilk mixture and egg mixture into flour mixture until flour is just moistened. Stir in berries and walnuts. Spoon batter into muffin cups.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until done.

I imagine it would be fine, will give a different flavour. Do you have any bran flakes or fruit and fibre type cereals? If it were me, I think I might whizz up some bran flakes in a food processor and use the crumbs instead.

Lord knows what it would be like. But thats what I would do.