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Oatmeal Blondies

Oats, raisins and coconut make Oatmeal Blondies healthy! Well at least healthier than a traditional blondie, so go ahead and eat a bunch!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Oatmeal Blondies

Why it works: Flour and raisin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,075 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Oatmeal Blondies

Serves 16
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1350Calories
30 gProtein
57 gFat
179 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
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.

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. Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Wheat + oatstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  3. Oats + coconuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together522 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Wheat + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together188 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Coconut + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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, wheat, oats, raisin, butter, sugar, egg):

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

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