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5-Minute Lightened Up Amish Peanut Butter Spread

This amazing peanut butter marshmallow spread is a no-bake recipe you can whip up in 5 minutes flat. Your apples will thank you.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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5-Minute Lightened Up Amish Peanut Butter Spread

Why it works: Butter and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

5-Minute Lightened Up Amish Peanut Butter Spread

Serves 10
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

341Calories
11 gProtein
20 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Marshmallownot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Syrupnot 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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Peanut + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,754 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Butter + maple syruptop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,084 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Cream + maple syruptop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together607 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Peanut + creamtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together490 recipes

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

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, cream, maple syrup):

  1. Pecansfits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Walnutfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, cream, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.