Dulce De Leche And Praline (nougat) Muffins

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 300 g flour
• 150 g brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 80 g butter
• 120 ml oil (canola)
• 200 g greek yogurt
• 200 g dulce de leche (caramel cream)
• 100 g pralines (hazelnut or almond nougat)
• 20 ml milk
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 50 g hazelnuts (ground)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• vanilla extract (optional)

Recipe

• 1 beat butter, oil and sugar in a bowl until fluffy.
• 2 add 2 whole eggs and keep on beating.
• 3 mix flour with baking powder and a pinch of salt and add to dough.
• 4 add yoghurt and incorporate.
• 5 if using add vanilla extract.
• 6 transfer half of dough to a seperate bowl.
• 7 melt nougat in 20ml of milk (i use the microwave on 700watt for about 45 seconds).
• 8 caramel/dulce de leche dough:.
• 9 add dulce de leche to one half of dough and incorporate.
• 10 nougat dough:.
• 11 add cocoa, hazelnuts and melted nougat and incorporate.
• 12 preheat oven at 175°c.
• 13 spoon dark dough into muffin tin or muffin molds.
• 14 add light, caramelly dough on top (or vice versa).
• 15 bake at 175°c for about 25 minutes. if muffins get too dark, cover with aluminium foil.
• 16 enjoy!