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Blueberry Muffins

The words fluffy and juicy don’t even begin to cover it! You have to give these blueberry muffins a chance. Believe me they are a crowd-pleaser!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 19,175 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and grease a 6-cup muffin tin or line it with paper liners.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.

  3. In a second bowl, beat the egg with the sugar, canola oil, vanilla extract and almond milk until smooth.

  4. Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and stir just until no dry flour remains. Do not overmix.

  5. Gently fold in the blueberries so they are evenly distributed through the batter.

  6. Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups, filling each about three-quarters full.

  7. Bake for 22 to 25 minutes, until the tops are golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

  8. Cool the muffins in the tin for 5 minutes, then move them to a wire rack to cool before serving.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Vanilla + milktop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Cinnamon + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Cinnamon + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Flour + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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