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Banana Graham Cracker Muffins

Use those leftover graham crackers to make the most delicious Banana Graham Cracker Muffins. These tasty muffins are low-fat and whole-grain and they make a wonderful breakfast or snack!

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Banana Graham Cracker Muffins

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 ↓

Banana Graham Cracker Muffins

Serves 14
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1096Calories
47 gProtein
18 gFat
185 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Pastrynot in our table0
Toppingnot in our table0

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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Wheat + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  3. Honey + yogurttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Banana + honeytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together395 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Flour + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,623 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, yogurt, buttermilk):

  1. Raisinfits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, yogurt, buttermilk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.