Black Bottom Muffins – We Love God!

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Vegetables, Eggs		Bread	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/4	c	Flour
3/4	c	Sugar
1/2	t	Baking soda
1/3	c	Unsweetened cocoa
1/4	t	Salt
2/3	c	Buttermilk
1/4	c	Vegetable oil
1		Lightly beaten egg
1	t	Vanilla
1/4	c	Lightly salted butter or
		margarine melted &
		cooled
1/3	c	Semisweet chocolate chips
		chopped
6	oz	Softened cream cheese
1/4	c	Sugar
1		Lightly beaten egg
1/8	t	Almond extract
1/4	c	Toasted slivered almonds

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 375Ã¸F, prepare pans. In a large bowl, stir together
flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda & salt. In another bowl, stir
together buttermilk, oil, butter, egg & vanilla until blended. Add  dry
mix to wet mix until just combined. Stir in chips. Spoon into  pans. In
a medium bowl, stir together cream cheese, sugar, egg &  almond extract
until well blended; stir in almonds. Spoon mixture  over muffins. Bake
20-25 mins or until cooked. Makes 12. These  muffins freeze well.
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 304 Calories From Fat: 153 Total Fat: 17.6g Cholesterol: 51.2mg Sodium: 234.4mg Potassium: 180.4mg Carbohydrates: 33.8g Fiber: 2.4g Sugar: 18.1g Protein: 5.7g