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Cinnamon Nut Granola

This granola is extremely versatile and can be used on yogurt, pancakes, or on its own as a great little snack. Feel free to change the types of nuts or seasonings to make it your own!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Cinnamon Nut Granola

Why it works: Oats and pecans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 289 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Cinnamon Nut Granola

Serves 24
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

659Calories
8 gProtein
37 gFat
77 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Pienot 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. Oats + pecanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together289 recipes

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

  2. Almond + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Oats + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,532 recipes

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

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

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

  5. Oats + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, almond, wheat, sugar, honey, canola oil, vanilla):

  1. Flaxseedfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Sesamefits about as well
  4. Pecansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, almond, wheat, sugar, honey, canola oil, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.