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Mini Sweet Potato Hand Pies

A sweet, flaky, light mini pie filled with a mixture of bourbon, maple syrup and pureed sweet potato

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Mini Sweet Potato Hand Pies

Why it works: Sweet potato and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 539 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Mini Sweet Potato Hand Pies

Serves 14
Prep20 min
Cook16 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

403Calories
4 gProtein
12 gFat
65 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bourbon Whiskey1/2 oz (15ml)33
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Pie Fillingnot in our table0
Pie Crustnot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Sweet potato + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together539 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Sweet potato + maple syruptop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Cinnamon + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,784 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  5. Maple syrup + sugartop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,252 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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