This is a delicious treat! Serve for breakfast or dessert with ice cream.

Ingredients:

1.5 cups toasted coconut

1/4 teaspoon coconut extract

1 stick butter

1.5 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup sugar and 1/8 cup extra

3 eggs

8 oz. sour cream

1/2 cup sliced almonds

1.5 cups roughly chopped miniature Heath bars (do not buy the chips)

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• In a toaster oven or oven, toast the coconut until brown
• Grease pan with butter and a dusting of sugar, ( 1/8 of a cup)
• Beat sugar and butter until fluffy
• Add eggs one at a time and mix
• Add coconut extract
• Mix flour, baking soda and salt
• Add flour mixture alternating with sour cream in 3 parts beginning and ending with flour mixture
• Do not over mix
• Fold in almonds, toffee and 1 cup of coconut
• Pour into loaf pan and top with the remaining 1/2 cup of coconut
• Bake for one hour and 45 minutes( check with toothpick), half way through top with tin foil
• Cool and eat!

A Jackie O’ Recipe