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Granny's Sweet Potato Bread

"One of my favorite recipes made by my grandmother and handed down to me. My Granny made this bread as a sweet treat, but it was great for breakfast."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Granny's Sweet Potato Bread

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 ↓

Granny's Sweet Potato Bread

1 5x9-inch loaf
Prep20 min
Cook2 hr 5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1178Calories
27 gProtein
53 gFat
152 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Waternot 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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Sweet potato + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together539 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Sweet potato + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together414 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Sweet potato + pecanstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together136 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Canola oil + pecanstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

Swap the pecans

The recipe marks pecans as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, sugar, canola oil, egg, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Pecansthe original

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