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Peanut Butter & Banana Whole Wheat Quick Bread Recipe

By cookincanuck · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Peanut Butter & Banana Whole Wheat Quick Bread Recipe

Why it works: Peanut and wheat 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 & Banana Whole Wheat Quick Bread Recipe

Makes 1 loaf

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1140Calories
47 gProtein
40 gFat
152 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Flax Seed1 tbsp (10g) ground55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Pastrynot 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 cookincanuck. 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. Peanut + wheattop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together151 recipes

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

  2. Banana + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together308 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Peanut + canola oiltop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together155 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Banana + yogurttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together508 recipes

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

  5. Canola oil + wheattop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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 (yogurt, peanut, butter, canola oil, sugar, egg, wheat):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, peanut, butter, canola oil, sugar, egg, wheat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.