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Bacon and Cheese Savory Muffins with Honey Butter

These muffins are packed full of bacon, cheese and chives. Top them with honey butter and you have the perfect snack any time of day!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Bacon and Cheese Savory Muffins with Honey Butter

Why it works: Flour and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,168 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Bacon and Cheese Savory Muffins with Honey Butter

Serves 12
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

981Calories
30 gProtein
44 gFat
115 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
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. Flour + chivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

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

  3. Cheddar cheese + chivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together218 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Pepper + chivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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 chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, egg, cheddar cheese, flour, pepper, honey):

  1. Capsicumfits about as well
  2. Chivethe original
  3. Potatofits about as well
  4. Mustardfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, egg, cheddar cheese, flour, pepper, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.