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Cheddar Cheese & Corn Muffins

These delicious cheesy corn muffins make a perfect healthy treat for children. Served warm straight from the oven they contain a scrummy chunk of melted cheese in the middle.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Cheddar Cheese & Corn Muffins

Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Cheddar Cheese & Corn Muffins

Makes 12 muffins

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1050Calories
52 gProtein
36 gFat
127 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sweetcornnot 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. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Cheddar cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

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

  3. Cheddar cheese + yogurttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,032 recipes

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

  4. Cheddar cheese + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,964 recipes

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

  5. Cheddar cheese + mustardtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together708 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, sugar, cheddar cheese, sweetcorn, butter, yogurt, milk):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, sugar, cheddar cheese, sweetcorn, butter, yogurt, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.