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Chewy Red Raspberry Squares

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Why it works: Almond and red raspberry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 13 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

16 squares

Ingredients

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

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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. Almond + red raspberrytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Almond + oatstop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  3. Almond + flourtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Butter + oatstop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,924 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Butter + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,198 recipes

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

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