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Awesome Apple Muffins

"Neither wheat flour nor sugar is used in this recipe. The product is a moist, naturally sweet and spicy muffin that tastes surprisingly good."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Awesome Apple Muffins

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 ↓

Awesome Apple Muffins

6 large muffins
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1309Calories
49 gProtein
27 gFat
217 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Flax Seed1 tbsp (10g) ground55
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Arrowrootnot 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 allrecipes. 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 + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Flour + arrowroottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together525 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Nutmeg + arrowroottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together159 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Cinnamon + arrowroottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Rice + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,137 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the arrowroot

The recipe marks arrowroot as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, yogurt, egg):

  1. Sweet potatofits about as well
  2. Arrowrootthe original
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Chivefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, yogurt, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.