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Healthier No Bake Oatmeal Cookies

"A healthier way to enjoy one of America's favorite cookies! To make this vegetarian, use a milk substitute (i.e. almond milk or coconut milk)."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Healthier No Bake Oatmeal Cookies

Why it works: Milk and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,187 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Healthier No Bake Oatmeal Cookies

40 cookies
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

680Calories
22 gProtein
33 gFat
74 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

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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. Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Vanilla + oatstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Peanut + oatstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together368 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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 (sugar, milk, cocoa powder, butter, vanilla, oats):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Pecansfits about as well
  3. Cocoafits about as well
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, milk, cocoa powder, butter, vanilla, oats. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.