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Fruity Granola Bars

"Power packed, fruity and nutty. Better than store-bought granola bars. Use any kind of dried fruit e.g. - chopped dates, chopped apricots, chopped prunes, etc."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Fruity Granola Bars

Why it works: Almond and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 203 recipes. Both carry acetylpyrazine, which smells roast. The science ↓

Fruity Granola Bars

2 dozen

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

711Calories
8 gProtein
29 gFat
113 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Wheatnot 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. Almond + sesametop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

  2. Almond + raisintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  3. Wheat + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Oats + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

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

  5. Oats + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, honey, butter, oats, almond, wheat, sesame):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, honey, butter, oats, almond, wheat, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.