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On-the-run Breakfast Bars

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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On-the-run Breakfast Bars

Why it works: Sesame and hazelnut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

On-the-run Breakfast Bars

Makes 12 bars
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

714Calories
8 gProtein
55 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Syrupnot in our table0
Hazelnutnot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Sesame + hazelnuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  2. Coconut + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Cinnamon + hazelnuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Oats + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,394 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Syrup + sugartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, syrup, sugar, oats, cinnamon, coconut, hazelnut):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Pistachiofits better
  4. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, syrup, sugar, oats, cinnamon, coconut, hazelnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.