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Oatmeal Pie III

"Oatmeal Pie tastes like pecan pie. Sprinkle with nuts before serving, if desired."

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

Why it works: Syrup and evaporated milk share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 59 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Oatmeal Pie III

2 -9 inch pies

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

892Calories
25 gProtein
56 gFat
79 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
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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. Syrup + evaporated milktop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Coconut + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together306 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

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

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, evaporated milk):

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

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