Whole Wheat Apple Spice Muffins Recipe

Name: Whole Wheat Apple Spice Muffins Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 12 muffins
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon; 3/4 tsp ground nutmeg; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 cup unsweetened applesauce; 1/2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt; 1/2 cup (packed) brown sugar; 2 tbsp canola oil; 1 egg, beaten; 1 Gala apple, cored and diced; 2 tbsp oats

By cookincanuck · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients

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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Whole Wheat Apple Spice Muffins Recipe

12 muffins

Prep15 min

Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1068Calories

42 gProtein

24 gFat

169 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Oat	1/2 cup dry (40g)	154
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Wheat	not in our table	0
Pastry	not in our table	0

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

By cookincanuck. 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.

Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,917 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Wheat + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together537 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Flour + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,623 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,341 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Wheat + nutmegtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together359 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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