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Whole Grain Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies

There is something nice about the simplicity of the two cookies filled with the winter white frosting, but for a bit of texture and fun decor, feel free to roll the whoopies in crushed walnuts or flaked coconut.

By backtoherroots · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Whole Grain Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Whole Grain Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies

(12 whoopie pies)
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

992Calories
27 gProtein
31 gFat
146 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By backtoherroots. 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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + pumpkintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,744 recipes

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

  3. Wheat + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Oats + pumpkintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Wheat + oatstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.