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Banana Date Flaxseed Bread

"I'm always searching for healthy recipes, and this one filled the bill. The flaxseeds give the bread a really nutty taste."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Banana and dates work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 61 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

1 - 8x4 inch loaf
Prep10 min
Cook55 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan with a small amount of the vegetable oil.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and 1/2 cup flax seed.

  3. In a separate bowl, mash the bananas, then beat in the remaining vegetable oil, white sugar and eggs until smooth.

  4. Stir the wet mixture into the dry ingredients just until no dry flour remains. Fold in the chopped pitted dates.

  5. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle the 1/4 cup flax seed over the top.

  6. Bake for about 55 minutes, until the loaf is golden on top, the center is set and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

  7. Cool the loaf in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a wire rack and let it cool completely before slicing.

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

  1. Banana + datestop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Egg + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together104,138 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Sugar + datestop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together985 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Flour + datestop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together668 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sugar + flourtop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together89,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

Egg and flour share little aroma chemistry, yet 104,138 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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