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Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

These high protein, dairy free and gluten free Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies are healthy enough for a quick on the go snack.

By elanaspantry · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

Why it works: Peanut and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 433 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

Makes 24 cookies

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1199Calories
31 gProtein
60 gFat
138 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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 elanaspantry. 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. Peanut + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Coconut + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

  3. Almond + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Peanut + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  5. Almond + raspberrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together552 recipes

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

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

Swap the raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peanut, coconut, sugar, egg, almond, flour):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peanut, coconut, sugar, egg, almond, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.