Name: Quick Whole Wheat Molasses Bread
Ingredients: Oil or butter for greasing pan; 1 1/2 cups milk and 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar (or 1 2/3 cups buttermilk or plain yogurt); 2 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour (or regular whole wheat flour); 1/2 cup cornmeal (I prefer medium grind cornmeal); 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 cup molasses (or honey or maple syrup, see notes on blackstrap molasses above)

Why it works: Wheat and molasses work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 702 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

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Oil or butter for greasing pan
1 1/2 cups milk and 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar (or 1 2/3 cups buttermilk or plain yogurt)
2 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour (or regular whole wheat flour)
1/2 cup cornmeal (I prefer medium grind cornmeal)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup molasses (or honey or maple syrup, see notes on blackstrap molasses above)

Directions

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By cookieandkate. 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.

Wheat + molassestop 12% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together702 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Milk + wheattop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together2,416 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together81,222 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + wheattop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,999 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Milk + molassestop 11% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together7,242 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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