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Apple Cranberry Granola

Apples, cranberries, flax, and oats are the main players in this delicately spiced, lightened up granola. 155 calories per 1/2 cup!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Apple Cranberry 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 ↓

Apple Cranberry Granola

Serves 12
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

338Calories
6 gProtein
4 gFat
70 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Flaxseednot 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.

Explore the science

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 + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Oats + flaxseedtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, flaxseed, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, maple syrup, vanilla):

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Applethe original

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