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Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread

This rich, hearty loaf is great for breakfast or snacks.

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread

Why it works: Vanilla and banana are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,430 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread

1 - 9 x 5 inch loaf

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

859Calories
21 gProtein
23 gFat
141 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Vanilla + bananatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Wheat + walnuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together246 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  3. Honey + bananatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together395 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Honey + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,262 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Vanilla + walnuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,730 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (honey, vanilla, egg, wheat, flour, walnut):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Bananathe original

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