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Oatmeal Pie IV

"This is a very good tasting pie. Light or dark corn syrup may be used."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Oatmeal Pie IV

Why it works: Corn and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 306 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Oatmeal Pie IV

1 - 9 inch pie

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

743Calories
17 gProtein
48 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Syrupnot in our table0
Pastrynot 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.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Corn + coconuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together306 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Syrup + sugartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Coconut + oatstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together522 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Corn + oatstop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together220 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Coconut + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, corn, syrup, sugar, oats, butter):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutthe original
  3. Blueberryfits about as well
  4. Figfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, corn, syrup, sugar, oats, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.