Donut Muffins Recipe

Name: Donut Muffins Recipe
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 48 mini muffins
Ingredients: 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), melted; 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for coating the pan; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon fine salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 3/4 cup whole milk, at room temperature; 2 tablespoons buttermilk, at room temperature; 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 1/4 sticks), at room temperature; 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 2 large eggs, at room temperature

This recipe for dense, slightly tangy, cinnamon-sugar-coated muffins serves up all the doughnut flavor without the frying fuss.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients

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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 ↓

Donut Muffins Recipe

48 mini muffins

Cook1 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

851Calories

28 gProtein

27 gFat

123 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 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.

By chow. 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.

Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,917 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Flour + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,623 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,721 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cinnamon + flourtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,341 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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