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Toasted English Muffins

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and maple syrup are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,084 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Toasted English Muffins

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Open the sides of the muffin halfway, about ½ inch.

  2. Insert a toasting fork and toast it lightly.

  3. Pull it apart, spread butter on each half, and close the muffin.

  4. Place it on a hot plate.

  5. Toast no more than two muffins at a time for best results.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Butter + maple syruptop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,084 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

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