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Avocado Bars

A baked bar made with avocado, cream cheese, flour, sugar, cinnamon, carrots, and optional raisins.

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Why it works: Cinnamon and avocado share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 41 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

The recipe

Oven350 °F
Time40 minutes

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Make the batter

  1. In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar and cinnamon; set aside.

  2. In a large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese and avocado until smooth.

  3. Add oil, milk, eggs and vanilla, beating until smooth.

  4. Add dry ingredients, mixing until blended.

  5. Stir in carrots, and raisins if desired.

Bake

  1. Pour into a lightly greased and floured 9x11-inch baking dish.

  2. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 °F for 40 minutes.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cinnamon + avocadotop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Cinnamon + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Sugar + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

All-purpose flour
Provides the main structure that holds the bars together as they bake.
Eggs
Bind the batter and set during baking to give the bars their firm body.
Baking soda
Reacts with the acidity in the batter to produce gas that helps the bars rise.
Avocado
Adds moisture and richness, giving the bars a tender, dense crumb.
Light brown sugar
Adds sweetness and moisture, and helps the bars brown and stay soft.
Cream cheese
Adds fat and richness, contributing to a smooth, tender texture.

The step that matters

Beat the cream cheese and avocado until smooth. Fully smoothing the cream cheese and avocado before adding other ingredients keeps the batter even, so lumps do not remain in the finished bars.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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