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Gingerbread Granola

Irresistible spiced granola with the flavors of gingerbread, including molasses, ginger and cinnamon. Sweetened with maple syrup and dried cranberries, this granola is gluten free as long as you use gluten-free oats.

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Gingerbread Granola

Why it works: Cinnamon and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,380 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Gingerbread Granola

Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

794Calories
10 gProtein
48 gFat
85 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 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
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
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 cookieandkate. 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 + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Coconut + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

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

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

  4. Oats + pecanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together289 recipes

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

  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 pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, cinnamon, ginger, coconut, maple syrup, molasses, vanilla):

  1. Flaxseedfits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits about as well
  4. Pecansthe original

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