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Baked Lemon Donuts with a Lemon Glaze

These donuts have just a hint of lemon and are covered in a sweet lemony glaze. Delicious!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Baked Lemon Donuts with a Lemon Glaze

Why it works: Yogurt and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,361 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

Baked Lemon Donuts with a Lemon Glaze

Serves 12
Prep10 min
Cook24 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

962Calories
45 gProtein
29 gFat
130 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)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 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. Yogurt + milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,361 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  2. Flour + milktop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  4. Milk + lemontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 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 lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, egg, yogurt, milk):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, egg, yogurt, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.