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Whole Wheat Carrot-Raisin Muffins

"These muffins are delicious and healthy. The whole wheat flour gives the muffins a great grainy texture!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Whole Wheat Carrot-Raisin Muffins

Why it works: Orange and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 737 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Whole Wheat Carrot-Raisin Muffins

14 muffins
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

899Calories
32 gProtein
16 gFat
156 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Pienot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Orange + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Vanilla + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,371 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Yogurt + honeytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Vanilla + honeytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,262 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Pumpkin + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together784 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, vanilla, yogurt, honey, orange, carrot):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, vanilla, yogurt, honey, orange, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.