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Black Forest Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

I had a number of gluten sensitive friends coming to my party so I baked half of my desserts gluten free and half of them with regular all purpose flour. If you don’t have any gluten issues, omit the chia seeds (which act as a gluten binder replacement) and feel free to substitute 175 g (1 1/4 cup) all purpose flour for all the gluten free flours and starches. However, keep in mind that some of the flours (specifically the teff and mesquite flours) work really well with chocolate. If you really want to make these cookies extraordinary, track down those flours (they are often available at specialty grocery stores like Whole Foods, ethnic grocery stores and online) and use them as specified and just substitute 105 g (3/4 cup) all purpose flour for the remaining gluten free flours and starches. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed with the results.

By eatthelove · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Why it works: Chia and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 32 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

The recipe

64 cookies
Prep30 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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By eatthelove. 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. Chia + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  2. Flour + tefftop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Chia + tefftop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Chocolate + cocoa powdertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,587 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the chia

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, vanilla, chocolate, cocoa powder, rice, flour, teff):

  1. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  2. Chiathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, vanilla, chocolate, cocoa powder, rice, flour, teff. 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).