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Orange Dark Chocolate Chip Scones

These gluten free scones are made with heart healthy almond flour, orange zest and dark chocolate.

By elanaspantry · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and orange work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 927 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells buttery, creamy. The science ↓

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

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chocolate + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together927 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  2. Flour + agavetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together213 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Almond + flourtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Almond + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,125 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Almond + agavetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together198 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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