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Strawberry Crunch Bar

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and strawberry jam work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 32 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

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

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By epicurious. 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. Cinnamon + strawberry jamtop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Oats + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,394 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  3. Sugar + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Oats + buttertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,924 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Flour + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together16,954 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and cinnamon share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 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