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Maple, Barley, and Wheat Granola Recipe

This barley and wheat granola recipe is sweetened with maple syrup and dried cranberries.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Maple, Barley, and Wheat Granola Recipe

Why it works: Cinnamon and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,287 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Maple, Barley, and Wheat Granola Recipe

About 4 cups
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

464Calories
5 gProtein
17 gFat
77 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
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
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 chow. 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 + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

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

  2. Barley + wheattop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together185 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

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

  4. Barley + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Wheat + vanillatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together496 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the vanilla

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

  1. Pumpkinfits about as well
  2. Blueberryfits about as well
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Vanillathe original

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