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Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Cookies

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Cookies

Why it works: Honey and strawberry work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 354 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Cookies

48 cookies

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1020Calories
28 gProtein
33 gFat
158 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Honey + strawberrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together354 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Peanut + honeytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together420 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Butter + honeytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,327 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  5. Sugar + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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 peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, honey, egg, flour, strawberry):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Pistachiofits better
  3. Hazelnutfits about as well
  4. Peanutthe original

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