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Banana Bran Zucchini Bread

"This is extremely moist and gets you fiber from not only fruits AND veggies, but bran AND whole wheat too! It is truly a guilt free comfort food, and because it is low fat, it is even yummier the day after. Feel free to cut down on the sugar or maple syrup by personal preference."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Banana Bran Zucchini Bread

Why it works: Banana and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,430 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Banana Bran Zucchini Bread

1 -9x13 inch loaf
Prep30 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

799Calories
22 gProtein
8 gFat
159 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cloves1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Wheatnot 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 allrecipes. 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. Banana + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Pumpkin + maple syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together256 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Pumpkin + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together784 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Pumpkin + wheattop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pumpkin, egg, maple syrup, sugar, vanilla, wheat, flour):

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Datesfits about as well
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pumpkin, egg, maple syrup, sugar, vanilla, wheat, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.