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Morning Glory Muffins I

A moist muffin made with carrots, apples, raisins, pineapple, coconut, nuts, and spices.

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Why it works: Flour and raisin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,075 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Morning Glory Muffins I

Oven350°F
Time35 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the batter

  1. Sift together the sugars, flours, cinnamon, baking soda and salt into a large bowl.

  2. Add the fruit, carrots, nuts, and stir to combine.

  3. In a separate bowl whisk the eggs, oil, and vanilla.

  4. Pour this mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir to blend well.

Bake and cool

  1. Spoon mixture into cupcake tins lined with muffin papers.

  2. Fill to brim of each cup.

  3. Bake in preheated 350°F oven for 35 minutes.

  4. Toothpick inserted into the middle of muffin will come out clean when muffins are done.

  5. Cool muffins in pan for 10 minutes then turn out on rack to cool.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1312Calories
26 gProtein
53 gFat
191 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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 + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Cinnamon + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Coconut + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

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

  4. Apple + pineappletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Cinnamon + appletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the batter and add structure as they set in the oven.
Vegetable oil
Keeps the muffins moist and tender by coating the flour.
Baking soda
Reacts with the batter's acidic ingredients to lift and lighten the muffins.
Carrots
Add moisture and natural sweetness to the crumb.
Flour
Provides the structure that holds the muffins together as they bake.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the muffins brown while baking.

The step that matters

Pour the wet mixture into the dry and stir just to blend. Once flour meets liquid, gluten begins to form. Overmixing toughens the batter and can leave dense muffins, so stir only until the ingredients are combined.

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, flour, cinnamon, coconut, raisin, apple, pineapple):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, flour, cinnamon, coconut, raisin, apple, pineapple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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