Name: Basic Yogurt Pancakes
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 tablespoons ground flaxseeds, optional; 1 1/2 cups low-fat yogurt or soy yogurt; 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups low-fat milk or rice milk; 2 tablespoons nonhydrogenated margarine; Pure maple syrup, all-fruit preserves, or one

Why it works: Flaxseed and yogurt work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 55 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

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

2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons ground flaxseeds, optional
1 1/2 cups low-fat yogurt or soy yogurt
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups low-fat milk or rice milk
2 tablespoons nonhydrogenated margarine
Pure maple syrup, all-fruit preserves, or one

Directions

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By epicurious. 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.

Flaxseed + yogurttop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together55 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Wheat + milktop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together2,416 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
Wheat + flaxseedtop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together68 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Yogurt + milktop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together2,358 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
Flaxseed + maple syruptop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together53 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the flaxseed

The recipe marks flaxseed as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, yogurt, milk, maple syrup):

Flaxseedthe original
Walnutabout as good a flavor fit
Chickpeaabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, yogurt, milk, maple syrup. 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).

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