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Peanut Butter-Oatmeal No-Bake Breakfast Bars

Here is a no-bake breakfast bar that is simple to make and uses ingredients that I always have on hand. Sometimes I’ll fix these after work for an anticipated late evening snack or something to pack in a picnic lunch.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Peanut Butter-Oatmeal No-Bake Breakfast Bars

Why it works: Almond and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,514 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Peanut Butter-Oatmeal No-Bake Breakfast Bars

Serves 8
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

439Calories
14 gProtein
18 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Wheatnot in our table0
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 tastykitchen. 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 + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Raisin + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,781 recipes

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

  4. Wheat + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  5. Peanut + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).

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

Swap the peanut

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

  1. Flaxseedfits better
  2. Pistachiofits better
  3. Mixed nutsfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

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