Name: Cranberry and Orange Granola
Yield: Makes 4 cups
Ingredients: 2 cups old-fashioned oats; 1 cup sliced almonds; Nonstick vegetable oil spray; 1/2 cup pure maple syrup (preferably Grade B); 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted; 1 teaspoon hazelnut or grapeseed oil; 1/4 cup dried cranberries; 1/4 cup golden raisins; 1/3 cup candied orange peel, sliced into long, thin strips

Why it works: Almond and hazelnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 186 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Cranberry and Orange Granola

Makes 4 cups

Ingredients

2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup sliced almonds
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
1/2 cup pure maple syrup (preferably Grade B)
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon hazelnut or grapeseed oil
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/3 cup candied orange peel, sliced into long, thin strips

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

678Calories

8 gProtein

42 gFat

72 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Oat	1/2 cup dry (40g)	154
Grapeseed Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Maple Syrup	1 tbsp (20ml)	52
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Hazelnut	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Almond + hazelnuttop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together186 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Almond + raisintop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,781 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Almond + orangetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,125 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Oats + almondtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together552 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Oats + maple syruptop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together298 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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 (oats, almond, maple syrup, butter, hazelnut, orange):

Vanillafits better
Blueberryfits better
Figfits better
Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, almond, maple syrup, butter, hazelnut, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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