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Pumpkin Granola

This crunchy, sweet pumpkin granola with dried cranberries and nuts is awesome with vanilla yogurt, ice cream, as a snack, or added to your morning cereal.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Pumpkin Granola

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Pumpkin Granola

Serves 18
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

691Calories
13 gProtein
37 gFat
82 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 18 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Nutsnot 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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Nutmeg + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,331 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Ginger + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,620 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice):

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.