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Kelsandra's Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

"I made these up for a friend who loves pumpkin. I looked at a few pumpkin pie recipes and tried to include some of the same ingredients. Here is the delicious result."

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Kelsandra's Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

Why it works: Sugar and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Kelsandra's Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

12 pumpkin rolls
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1063Calories
29 gProtein
49 gFat
122 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Waternot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Pienot 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. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  2. Pumpkin + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together784 recipes

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

  3. Pumpkin + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,108 recipes

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

  4. Evaporated milk + sugartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Olive + vanillatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,499 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the pumpkin

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

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Blueberryfits about as well
  3. Cherryfits about as well
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against evaporated milk, sugar, olive, egg, flour, butter, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.