Almond Joy Muffins

I own a small cafe, and I love to create new recipes. So, one day was looking to make something different, looked around in the kitchen to see what kind of ingredients I could use, thought of my all time favorite candy bar, and I said, why not.....the result was amazing!!!!

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 6
• Yields: 6 muffins

Ingredients

• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  cup sugar
• 1  egg
• 3⁄4 cup  whole milk
• 1⁄4 cup sour cream
• 1⁄4 cup  vegetable oil
• 1  teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups  semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3⁄4 cup sweetened coconut
• 1⁄2 cup  toasted sliced almonds

Directions

1. In a bowl mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl beat the egg well. Add the milk, vegetable oil, sour cream, and vanilla and mix till smooth.
2. Mix the wet and dry ingredients lightly (do not over mix).
3. Fold the chips, coconut and almonds into the mixture.
4. Grease 6 jumbo muffin cups and fill them 3/4 full. (You can overfill if you want your muffins to be bigger).
5. Top the muffins with a little coconut, chips and toasted almonds before baking.
6. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes.