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Whole Grain Kefir Banana Bread Recipe

My wife and I both enjoy good hearty breads, but most recipes for Banana breads online just don't have that heartiness. So, here's a recipe for those who enjoy...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Kefir and banana work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 6 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

1 bread loaf

Ingredients

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

Directions

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By chow. 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. Kefir + bananatop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Nutmeg + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,331 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Wheat + oatstop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together473 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the allspice

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

  1. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  2. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  3. Cloveabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Allspicethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, chocolate, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).