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Cinnamon Raisin Bagels

There are a whole lot of foods that I’m not sure are even worth the trouble of making at home, though I suspect this list varies by what you have accessible in your neighborhood. I feel fairly certain I won’t be making any falafel sandwiches in our new kitchen, especially now that I’ve discovered our proximity to the $2.50 perfection at . I’m not even sure I’ll ever make pirogi again, after finding my fluffy, light pirogi nirvana this weekend at the . And in general, I’ve never seen a whole lot of purpose in making bagels from scratch in New York City — save a one-time — and certainly not when we lived less than two blocks from our bagel ideal, . (I’m a little lost for a decent bagel in the East Village — anyone? I think we’ve been spoiled.)

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Why it works: Cinnamon and raisin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,390 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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Ingredients

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

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By smittenkitchen. 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. Cinnamon + raisintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Bread + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,145 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Cinnamon + sugartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Sugar + raisintop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together12,480 recipes

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

  5. Cinnamon + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together17,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

Cinnamon and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 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