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Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

By browneyedbaker · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Why it works: Cinnamon and pumpkin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,744 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

18 bars
Prep15 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

920Calories
21 gProtein
41 gFat
112 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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 browneyedbaker. 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. Cinnamon + pumpkintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,744 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Cinnamon + sugartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together30,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Pumpkin + canola oiltop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together115 recipes

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

Cinnamon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 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 pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cinnamon, sugar, canola oil, egg, cream cheese, butter):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Blueberryfits about as well
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, cinnamon, sugar, canola oil, egg, cream cheese, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.