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Coconut and Maple Flapjacks

Creamed coconut can usually be found in the oriental section of large supermarkets. This and the yogurt give the flapjacks a softer and moister texture than the more traditional variations.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Maple syrup and coconut work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 264 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 16 squares

Ingredients

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

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Maple syrup + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Maple syrup + oatstop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together298 recipes

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

  3. Oats + coconuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together522 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Butter + oatstop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,924 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Butter + coconuttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,456 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the apricot

The recipe marks apricot as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, maple syrup, oats, yogurt, coconut):

  1. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  2. Bananabetter flavor fit
  3. Pumpkinbetter flavor fit
  4. Apricotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, maple syrup, oats, yogurt, coconut. 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).