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Blueberry Muffins

I can’t believe that I have not posted blueberry muffins on here. I love blueberry muffins and think everyone should have one good basic recipe; this one is a great basic blueberry muffins recipe. As I started writing this I realized that I have not posted here for a week, time just flies. I have…

By delishhh · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and cream match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 41,494 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

12 muffins
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (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. Heat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.

  2. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.

  3. In a medium bowl, whisk the sugar, lemon zest and egg until smooth. Whisk in the cooled melted butter, then the sour cream, yogurt or ricotta.

  4. Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and fold gently with a spatula until just combined. A few lumps are fine.

  5. Gently fold in the blueberries so they are evenly distributed without crushing them.

  6. Divide the batter among the 12 muffin cups, filling each almost to the top.

  7. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the egg is fully set.

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

By delishhh. 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. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

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

  2. Sugar + creamtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Flour + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Egg + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together118,511 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Lemon + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,197 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

Flour and butter share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

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

  1. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  2. Raisinbetter flavor fit
  3. Strawberryabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, sugar, butter, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).