A homemade treat and a cuppa could provide the perfect opportunity to check in with someone who may be struggling.
My Kitchen Rules winner and R U OK? ambassador Will Stewart has shared his simple white chocolate and raspberry muffin recipe ahead of R U OK? Day on Thursday, September 10.
Stewart has been travelling through remote and rural Australia with the R U OK? Conversation Convoy, encouraging people to start meaningful conversations with those around them.
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Ingredients
Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 20-30 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Makes: 6 Muffins
Dry Mix
1 cup raspberries (fresh or frozen)
150g White chocolate broken into chunks or 1 cup of white chocolate drops
1 1/2 cups of self-raising flour
1 large pinch of salt
3/4 cup of raw caster sugar
2 tsp of baking powder
Wet Mix
1/3 cup of neutral oil
1/3 cup of milk
1 egg
1 tsp of vanilla extract
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius
2. Mix all the dry ingredients (Raspberries, Flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder) in a large bowl.
3. Mix all the wet ingredients (Oil, Egg, milk, vanilla extract) in another large bowl.
4. Combine the wet and dry ingredients together in one bowl being careful not to over work the batter and fold in the white chocolate
5. Grease 6 holes in your muffin tin with neutral oil and spoon an even amount of the batter into each hole.
6. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes until crunchy on top and the batter has cooked through. (Use a toothpick to check – it will come out clean once cooked).
Tips
– Keep the wet and dry mixes separate to ensure nice even mixtures
– When combining the mixtures, do it fairly quickly to get it in the oven as the acids and active ingredients begin to react and you want that to happen in the oven for rise and texture whilst being sure not to over work the mixture.
– The base mix for these muffins can be used to make a variety of different versions.
