Why it works: Flour and raisin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 9,075 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Candy Coated Chocolates Gift Jar Cookie Mix
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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.
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Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together9,075 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Cinnamon + raisintop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together5,390 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Cinnamon + walnuttop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,147 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Cinnamon + oatstop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,394 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
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Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together17,341 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the walnut
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cinnamon, chocolate, raisin, sugar, oats):
- Almondbetter flavor fit
- Flaxseedbetter flavor fit
- Chestnutbetter flavor fit
- Walnutthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against flour, cinnamon, chocolate, raisin, sugar, oats. 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).
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