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Coconut Oil Brownies with an Almond Butter Swirl

These brownies use better-for-you ingredients like whole wheat flour, almond meal, coconut oil, honey and almond butter. They are free of guilt, but still full of flavor!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Coconut Oil Brownies with an Almond Butter Swirl

Why it works: Almond and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,093 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Coconut Oil Brownies with an Almond Butter Swirl

Serves 9
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1215Calories
31 gProtein
57 gFat
145 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Almond + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

  2. Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Wheat + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Wheat + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together188 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Almond + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

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

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, almond, cocoa powder, chocolate, honey, egg):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutthe original
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Cherryfits about as well

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