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Maple, Almond and Cranberry Granola

Sweet and sticky cinnamon and maple-flavored granola with toasted almonds, coconut and dried cranberries.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Maple, Almond and Cranberry Granola

Why it works: Cinnamon and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,514 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Maple, Almond and Cranberry Granola

Serves 12
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

683Calories
9 gProtein
44 gFat
69 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot 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 + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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

  3. Wheat + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  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 coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, wheat, maple syrup, cinnamon, almond):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Pumpkinfits better
  4. Coconutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, wheat, maple syrup, cinnamon, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.