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Herman Cinnamon Rolls

"Another recipe for the Herman Sweet Sourdough Starter in case you're having trouble giving it away! Try finishing these rolls with your favorite glaze!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and raisin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,390 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

15 to 20 cinnamon rolls
Prep20 min
Cook25 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 375°F (190°C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan with a little of the margarine, melted.

  2. In a large bowl, stir together the sourdough starter, beaten eggs, and about half of the melted margarine until combined.

  3. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together.

  4. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until a soft dough forms. Knead on a lightly floured surface for 3 to 4 minutes until smooth.

  5. Cover the dough and let it rest for 10 minutes.

  6. Roll the dough into a rectangle about 1/4 inch (6 mm) thick.

  7. Brush the dough with the remaining melted margarine. Mix about half of the sugar with the ground cinnamon and sprinkle it over the dough.

  8. Scatter the raisins and chopped walnuts over the cinnamon sugar, if using. Roll up the dough tightly from the long side.

  9. Cut the roll into 15 to 20 slices about 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) thick and arrange them cut side up in the greased pan.

  10. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden and cooked through. Sprinkle the remaining sugar over the warm rolls and let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

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. Cinnamon + raisintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,390 recipes

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

  2. Flour + raisintop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,071 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Sugar + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Cinnamon + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Flour + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together16,954 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and cinnamon share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 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 raisin

The recipe marks raisin as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, sugar, cinnamon, walnut):

  1. Raisinthe original
  2. Vanillaabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, sugar, cinnamon, walnut. 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).