Almond Chocolate Marble Muffins

Almond-studded batter swirled with chocolate batter; wonderful with a mid-morning cup of coffee:)

Preheat oven to 400f.

Have ready 12 greased or paper-lined standard-size muffin cups.

In a bowl , combine the flour , sugar , baking powder , and salt.

Add the almonds.

In another bowl , combine the milk , oil , and egg.

Add to the flour mixture just until moist.

In a small bowl , combine 1 / 2 the batter and the cocoa powder.

Spoon the plain batter evenly into one side of the muffin cups.

Add the chocolate batter to the other side.

Gently marbelize the batters.

Sprinkle with additional almonds.

Bake for 20 minutes , or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Serve warm , dusted with powdered sugar.

flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, toasted almond, milk, vegetable oil, egg, unsweetened cocoa powder, almonds