I have been eagerly anticipating getting home to bake these almond and coconut muffins ever since a co-worker gave me a decent bag of almonds early this morning on the proviso that I bring some in to work tomorrow.

As this particular almond and coconut muffin recipe requires coconut milk it was off to the Deli just around the corner from work where I have purchased some on previous occasions. Anyway; with all of the ingredients available as per the recipe I decided to keep things uncomplicated and follow the instructions without any complicating customizations. I must say we were all very happy with the result so without further ado let’s get to it:

Ingredients

• 2 Large Eggs
• 1 Cup each of Whole Wheat Flour and Unsweetened Shredded Coconut
• ¾ Cup of Coconut Milk
• ½ Cup each of All Purpose Flour, Chopped Almonds and Sugar
• ¼ Cup of Olive Oil
• 1½ Teaspoons of Baking Powder
• 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
• ½ Teaspoons of Baking Soda
• ¼ Teaspoons of Sea Salt

Method

1. First of all preheat oven to 400 degrees F and place a rack in the center of the oven
2. Use 10 muffin cups to line muffin tin as this mixture will yield 10 muffins
3. Now take a large mixing bowl and add in the following ingredients: the whole wheat flour, the all purpose flour, the unsweetened shredded coconut, the sugar, the baking soda , the baking powder and the salt. Stir until all of these dry ingredients are well combined.
4. Now gradually stir in the coconut milk, the eggs, the olive oil, the vanilla and the almonds. Continue stirring gently until all ingredients are “just mixed”.
5. Time now to spoon even amounts of muffin mix into each of your prepared muffin cups
6. Put muffin tin into oven and bake until a toothpick inserted into the top of a muffin comes out nice and clean (for around 12 to 15 minutes depending on the type of oven that you are using)
7. When cooked allow to stand a couple of minutes before taking the muffins out of the muffin tray to cool further. It’s at this point that I like to cut a muffin open and spread with a little butter and strawberry jam and dig in. Enjoy!