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Spiced Sweet Potato Muffins

A healthy and gluten free baked good that’s perfect for fall.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Spiced Sweet Potato Muffins

Why it works: Almond and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,514 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Spiced Sweet Potato Muffins

Serves 12
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1187Calories
50 gProtein
31 gFat
176 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
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 tastykitchen. 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. Almond + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Sweet potato + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together539 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Sweet potato + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together62 recipes

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

  4. Peanut + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  5. Sweet potato + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sweet potato, butter, yogurt, maple syrup, almond, cinnamon):

  1. Pecansfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sweet potato, butter, yogurt, maple syrup, almond, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.