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Baked Banana Bread Oatmeal

This Baked Banana Bread Oatmeal is filled with hearty oats, sweet bananas, and just the right amount of spices.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Baked Banana Bread Oatmeal

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 ↓

Baked Banana Bread Oatmeal

Serves 5
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1192Calories
39 gProtein
31 gFat
191 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Banana + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

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

  4. Milk + vanillatop 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 banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, milk, egg, honey, vanilla):

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, milk, egg, honey, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.