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Skinny Chocolate & Cranberry Muffins

These gorgeous low-fat muffins make a great coffee morning treat, best served warm from the oven

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Skinny Chocolate & Cranberry Muffins

Why it works: Cinnamon and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 239 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Skinny Chocolate & Cranberry Muffins

Makes 12
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1054Calories
46 gProtein
24 gFat
161 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Skimmed Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. 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.

  1. Cinnamon + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together239 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Cinnamon + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Cinnamon + sugartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together30,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Cinnamon + chocolatetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

Cinnamon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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