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Blueberry, Oat and Nut Bars Recipe

Gizzi Erskine shares her recipe for oat bars packed full of blueberries.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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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 ↓

Blueberry, Oat and Nut Bars Recipe

16 people
Prep10 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1212Calories
29 gProtein
49 gFat
166 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
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Hazelnutnot 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 lovefood. 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 + hazelnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together186 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Almond + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

  3. Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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

  5. Coconut + hazelnuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together36 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, oats, almond, butter, sugar, egg, hazelnut):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Blueberryfits about as well
  3. Raisinfits about as well
  4. Coconutthe original

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