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Peanut Butter and Jelly Roll-Ups

"Peanut butter, strawberry preserves, and cream cheese come together in this kid-pleasing tortilla roll-up."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Roll-Ups

Why it works: Wheat and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 151 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Peanut Butter and Jelly Roll-Ups

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

953Calories
27 gProtein
29 gFat
150 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wheatnot 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. Wheat + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together151 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Cream cheese + strawberrytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together285 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Wheat + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,002 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Strawberry + wheattop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together69 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl isobutyrate (flower).

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

Swap the strawberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, wheat, peanut, butter):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Bananafits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Strawberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, wheat, peanut, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.