Name: Amish Peanut Butter Spread
Ingredients: 3 cups creamy peanut butter; 1/2-3/4 cup king syrup

Why it works: Peanut and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,754 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Amish Peanut Butter Spread

Ingredients

3 cups creamy peanut butter
1/2-3/4 cup king syrup

Directions

Mix peanut butter and king syrup until smooth and easily spreadable.

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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.

Peanut + buttertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,754 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Peanut + syruptop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together278 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Butter + syruptop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,796 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Creamy peanut butter: Provides the main body, fat and nutty flavour of the spread.
King syrup: Adds sweetness and loosens the peanut butter so it spreads easily.