Caramel Swirl Yogurt Granola Bars

Name: Caramel Swirl Yogurt Granola Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1-½ cup FOR THE CRUST:; ¼ cups Oats, Quick Cooking Or Old-fashioned (do Not Use Steel Cut Oats); ¼ cups Honey; ¼ teaspoons All-purpose Flour; ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt; ¼ cups Ground Cinnamon; ¼ cups Unsalted Butter, melted; 2 packages Pecans; ¼ cups FOR THE FILLING:; 1 pinch (8 Oz. Size) 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese, Softened; 2 Honey; 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt; 2 teaspoons Large Eggs; 2 containers Pure Vanilla Extract; 4 Tablespoons Caramel Extract

Caramel flavored not-too-sweet cheesecake over a chewy oatmeal based crust.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients

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Why it works: Oats and pecans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 289 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Caramel Swirl Yogurt Granola Bars

Serves 12

Prep20 min

Cook50 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

990Calories

27 gProtein

33 gFat

144 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Oat	1/2 cup dry (40g)	154
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Pecan	1 half (4g)	20
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 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.

Oats + pecanstop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together289 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Oats + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,394 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Cinnamon + pecanstop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,047 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,341 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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