Name: Sweet Potato Biscuits Recipe
Yield: 16 biscuits
Ingredients: 1 large red-skinned sweet potato (yam; about 1 1/4 pounds), pierced with fork; 1 1/3 cups gluten-free flour plus additional; 2/3 cup yellow cornmeal; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 1/2 cup buttermilk; 1/4 cup Grade B maple syrup; 1/2 cup pecans, toasted , chopped

Why it works: Sweet potato and yam share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 99 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Sweet Potato Biscuits Recipe

16 biscuits

Ingredients

1 large red-skinned sweet potato (yam; about 1 1/4 pounds), pierced with fork
1 1/3 cups gluten-free flour plus additional
2/3 cup yellow cornmeal
1 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup Grade B maple syrup
1/2 cup pecans, toasted , chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

939Calories

26 gProtein

23 gFat

158 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Maple Syrup	1 tbsp (20ml)	52
Pecan	1 half (4g)	20
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Yam	not in our table	0

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

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Sweet potato + yamtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together99 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Yam + flourtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together63 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Sweet potato + pecanstop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together136 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,721 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sweet potato + flourtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together627 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, yam, flour, butter, buttermilk, maple syrup):

Chickpeafits better
Almondfits better
Beansfits better
Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, yam, flour, butter, buttermilk, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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