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Whole Wheat Dinner Muffins

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Whole Wheat Dinner Muffins

Why it works: Wheat and sesame share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 86 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Whole Wheat Dinner Muffins

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1184Calories
44 gProtein
54 gFat
127 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

By williamssonoma. 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. Wheat + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together86 recipes

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

  2. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  4. Sugar + buttermilktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, sugar, egg, butter, buttermilk, cream, vanilla):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Hazelnutfits better
  3. Walnutfits better
  4. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, sugar, egg, butter, buttermilk, cream, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.