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Apple Jack Dutch Baby Recipe

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Why it works: Apple and apple brandy share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 38 recipes mention both. Both carry hexanol, which smells green, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep5 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place a 10-inch oven-safe skillet in the oven and preheat the oven to 425°F (218°C) so the skillet heats with it.

  2. In a blender or bowl, combine the eggs, milk, Musselman's Apple Butter, apple brandy, vanilla extract, flour, 2 tablespoons of the sugar, nutmeg and salt. Blend or whisk until smooth.

  3. Carefully remove the hot skillet from the oven. Add the butter and swirl until melted and sizzling.

  4. Pour the batter into the hot skillet. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until puffed and golden brown and the eggs are set in the center.

  5. While the pancake bakes, cut the fresh apples into thin slices. Sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar over the slices if you like them sweeter.

  6. Remove the Dutch baby from the oven and serve right away, topping it with the apple slices and a spoonful of vanilla yogurt.

By aspicyperspective. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Apple + apple brandytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanol (green, fruity).

  2. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

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

  3. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Vanilla + sugartop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  5. Apple + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,501 recipes

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

Vanilla and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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