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Blondie 7-Layer Magic Cookie Bars

The classic magic cookie bar goes blond with the addition of crushed pretzels, white and butterscotch baking chips, toffee pieces and macadamias. You won’t even miss the chocolate!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Blondie 7-Layer Magic Cookie Bars

Why it works: Macadamia nut and coconut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 84 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Blondie 7-Layer Magic Cookie Bars

Serves 24
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

626Calories
12 gProtein
51 gFat
34 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Toffeenot in our table0
Macadamianot 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. Macadamia nut + coconuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together84 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Butter + coconuttop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

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

  3. Coconut + condensed milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together239 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Butter + macadamia nuttop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together139 recipes

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

  5. Butter + condensed milktop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together711 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the macadamia nut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, coconut, condensed milk):

  1. Almondfits about as well
  2. Macadamia nutthe original
  3. Cashew nutfits about as well
  4. Peanutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, coconut, condensed milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.