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Very Simple Spelt Bread

"Utterly Simple Spelt Bread made without yeast, so you won't have to wait all day to enjoy fresh bread."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Very Simple Spelt Bread

Why it works: Spelt and flour match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 115 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Very Simple Spelt Bread

2 big loaves
Prep5 min
Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

782Calories
21 gProtein
23 gFat
122 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Speltnot 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. Spelt + flourtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Spelt + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Flour + sesametop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + milktop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + molassestop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,429 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Flour and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 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 sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spelt, flour, molasses, milk):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Flaxseedfits better
  3. Milletfits better
  4. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spelt, flour, molasses, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.