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Grandma's Frozen Peanut Butter Pie

"A wonderful alternative to the usual holiday desserts and a sweet summer treat! Easy to make! Top with shredded chocolate and whipped cream!"

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Grandma's Frozen Peanut Butter Pie

Why it works: Tofu and peanut work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 98 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Grandma's Frozen Peanut Butter Pie

8 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

432Calories
15 gProtein
32 gFat
24 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pie Crustnot 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. Tofu + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98 recipes

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

  2. Honey + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,262 recipes

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

  3. Peanut + vanillatop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,176 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Peanut + honeytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together420 recipes

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

  5. Butter + honeytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,327 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

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

Swap the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, peanut, butter, honey):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillathe original
  3. Bananafits about as well
  4. Avocadofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, peanut, butter, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.