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Quilt Country Pumpkin Brownies

This is officially the recipe that converted my pumpkin-hating family into pumpkin lovers!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Quilt Country Pumpkin Brownies

Why it works: Pumpkin and pecans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 272 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Quilt Country Pumpkin Brownies

Serves 16
Prep10 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1228Calories
24 gProtein
76 gFat
116 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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 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. Pumpkin + pecanstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together272 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Pumpkin + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,744 recipes

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

  3. Cinnamon + pecanstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the pecans

The recipe marks pecans as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pumpkin, sugar, flour, cinnamon, egg, cream cheese, butter):

  1. Almondfits about as well
  2. Pecansthe original
  3. Walnutfits less well
  4. Hazelnutfits less well

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