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Beer Muffins

"This recipe is just the thing to toss together at the end of a hectic day when you don't have the time to make a yeast-raised biscuit! You can soak the raisins in hot water if you have the time or substitute other fruits if you're out of raisins."

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Beer Muffins

Why it works: Buttermilk and sugar match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,973 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Beer Muffins

10 muffins
Prep5 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

303Calories
9 gProtein
8 gFat
44 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43

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. Buttermilk + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Sugar + raisintop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Buttermilk + raisintop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together189 recipes

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

  4. Sugar + beertop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together699 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Buttermilk + beertop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together24 recipes

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

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (buttermilk, sugar, beer):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Grapefits better
  3. Applefits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against buttermilk, sugar, beer. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.