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Cherry Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal

A sweet, healthy, vegan. gluten-free baked oatmeal that’s chock full of cherries and chocolate chips.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Cherry Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal

Why it works: Vanilla and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,294 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Cherry Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal

Serves 6
Prep7 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1228Calories
25 gProtein
42 gFat
186 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Almond Milk1 cup (240ml) unsweetened30
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.

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. Vanilla + coconuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Vanilla + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Vanilla + milktop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

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

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

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

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, vanilla, milk, maple syrup, coconut, chocolate):

  1. Pecansfits about as well
  2. Flaxseedfits about as well
  3. Almondthe original
  4. Peanutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, vanilla, milk, maple syrup, coconut, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.