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Cinnamon Bread

Golden plaited bread containing cinnamon, sultanas and raisons. Perfect for all the family.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Sunflower and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 698 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Cinnamon Bread

Serves 5

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

580Calories
13 gProtein
15 gFat
97 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Pastrynot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Sunflower + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together698 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Sunflower + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together239 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Bread + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Cinnamon + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,501 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the cinnamon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, flour, sunflower, olive):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Cinnamonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, flour, sunflower, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.