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Alan's Ultimate Bran Muffins

"My two year old loves these tasty muffins!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Alan's Ultimate Bran Muffins

Why it works: Wheat and barley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 185 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

Alan's Ultimate Bran Muffins

12 muffins
Prep20 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1376Calories
54 gProtein
32 gFat
219 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 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
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Wheatnot in our table0
Maltnot 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.

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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. Wheat + barleytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together185 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  2. Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  3. Honey + yogurttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Barley + malttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: decadienal (fried, fat).

  5. Wheat + honeytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together346 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, barley, malt, honey, milk, yogurt):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Nutmegfits about as well
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, barley, malt, honey, milk, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.