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My Mom’s Muffins

My mom made these blessedly beautiful muffins when she was visiting over the weekend, and I just inhaled them. They're textur...

By thepioneerwoman · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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My Mom’s Muffins

Why it works: Flaxseed and oats match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 157 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

My Mom’s Muffins

Serves 12
Prep20 min
Cook18 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1142Calories
35 gProtein
20 gFat
208 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Flaxseednot 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 thepioneerwoman. 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. Flaxseed + oatstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Cinnamon + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

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

  4. Flaxseed + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together128 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Wheat + flaxseedtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, flaxseed, oats, sugar, cinnamon, walnut):

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, flaxseed, oats, sugar, cinnamon, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.