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Nutty Granola II

"A wonderful breakfast treat that's way better than anything you can buy in a box! Use the baking nuts that aren't salted or roasted."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Nutty Granola II

Why it works: Oats and pecans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 289 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Nutty Granola II

8 1/2 cups
Prep5 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

715Calories
11 gProtein
40 gFat
87 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Waternot 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. Oats + pecanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together289 recipes

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

  2. Almond + walnuttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together993 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Pecans + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

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

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 (canola oil, honey, oats, almond, pecans, walnut):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, honey, oats, almond, pecans, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.