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Gluten-Free Golden Yam Brownies

"This recipe was too good to pass up, but due to allergies and preferences, we did them gluten-free and vegan! They turned out amazing!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Flour and yam share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 58 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

24 brownies
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9x13-inch pan with the 2 tablespoons softened vegan margarine.

  2. In a small bowl, whisk the dry egg replacer with the 1/2 cup water and let it stand about 5 minutes until thick.

  3. In a large bowl, beat the 1 cup vegan margarine, the packed brown sugar and the 1 cup turbinado sugar until smooth and creamy.

  4. Beat the egg replacer mixture, the vanilla extract and the almond milk into the creamed mixture.

  5. In another bowl, whisk together the sweet rice flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, salt and cornstarch. Stir into the wet mixture until just combined.

  6. Squeeze excess moisture from the shredded yam in a clean towel, then fold it into the batter.

  7. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan and sprinkle the top with the 3/4 cup turbinado sugar.

  8. Bake for 28 to 32 minutes, until the top is set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs.

  9. Cool completely in the pan on a rack, then cut into squares.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Flour + yamtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Vanilla + milktop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Rice + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together7,354 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  5. Flour + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, rice, flour, sugar, vanilla, yam, milk):

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Beansabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, rice, flour, sugar, vanilla, yam, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).