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Apricot Breakfast Muffins

"Even with low-calorie and low-fat ingredients, these apricot muffins are bursting with fresh flavors for breakfast or brunch."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Apricot Breakfast Muffins

Why it works: Flour and almond are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,673 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Apricot Breakfast Muffins

6 muffins
Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

874Calories
28 gProtein
29 gFat
124 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Salt1 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.

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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. Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Apricot + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together852 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Milk + apricottop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together826 recipes

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

  4. Canola oil + almondtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Flour + milktop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 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

Swap the apricot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, canola oil, milk, sugar, almond):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Raisinfits better
  4. Apricotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, canola oil, milk, sugar, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.