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Sweet Potato Pretzel Dog Treats

An easy homemade dog treat recipe with healthy ingredients!

By browneyedbaker · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Sweet Potato Pretzel Dog Treats

Why it works: Wheat and flaxseed share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Pretzel Dog Treats

20 small pretzels
Prep30 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

694Calories
24 gProtein
7 gFat
133 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Flaxseednot 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. Wheat + flaxseedtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together68 recipes

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

  2. Sweet potato + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together59 recipes

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

  3. Sweet potato + flaxseedtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6 recipes

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

  4. Flour + flaxseedtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together213 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sweet potato + flourtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together627 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the sweet potato

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

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Sweet potatothe original

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