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Soy Pancakes

"A good-for-you, tasty recipe for those of us who are cutting down on wheat. High in protein and tasty. These are floppier than a traditional pancake, so use care to flip them. Smaller, thinner cakes are helpful."

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Why it works: Vanilla and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,287 recipes mention both. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

The recipe

6 pancakes
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, fat-free plain yogurt, olive oil, vanilla extract and stevia packets until smooth.

  2. In a separate bowl, stir together the soy flour, ground flaxseed, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon.

  3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir just until no dry streaks remain. Let the batter rest for 2 minutes while the pan heats.

  4. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Lightly coat it with a little of the olive oil if needed.

  5. Pour about 1/3 cup of batter per pancake into the skillet and cook until bubbles form on top and the edges look set, about 2 minutes.

  6. Flip the pancakes and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes until golden and cooked through in the center. Repeat with the remaining batter and serve warm.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Vanilla + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,287 recipes

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

  2. Yogurt + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. Flaxseed + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together128 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Olive + flaxseedtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Yogurt + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,191 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the flaxseed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, yogurt, flour, sugar substitute, olive, vanilla, cinnamon):

  1. Almondbetter flavor fit
  2. Pecansabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Walnutabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Flaxseedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, yogurt, flour, sugar substitute, olive, vanilla, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).