Name: Apple Dumplings with Cranberry Cinnamon Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 whole Apples, Any Variety; 1 can Biscuit Dough (I Use An 8 Count Package Of Pillsbury Grands And I Use Two Biscuits Per Apple); 1 can Whole Cranberry Sauce (12 Ounce Can); 1 cup Water; 1 teaspoon Cornstarch; ¼ cups Sugar; 2 Tablespoons Butter; 2 Tablespoons Ground Cinnamon

Why it works: Cranberry and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 116 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Apple Dumplings with Cranberry Cinnamon Sauce

Serves 4

Prep20 min

Cook50 min

Ingredients

4 whole Apples, Any Variety
1 can Biscuit Dough (I Use An 8 Count Package Of Pillsbury Grands And I Use Two Biscuits Per Apple)
1 can Whole Cranberry Sauce (12 Ounce Can)
1 cup Water
1 teaspoon Cornstarch
¼ cups Sugar
2 Tablespoons Butter
2 Tablespoons Ground Cinnamon

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

919Calories

17 gProtein

20 gFat

169 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Biscuit	1 medium (45g)	166
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Cranberry	1 cup raw (100g)	46
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Sauce	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	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.

Cranberry + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together116 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Apple + cranberrytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together169 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,598 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Biscuit + cinnamontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together312 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Sugar + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together30,779 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and cinnamon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (biscuit, cranberry, sauce, sugar, butter, cinnamon):

Vanillafits better
Blueberryfits about as well
Raisinfits about as well
Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against biscuit, cranberry, sauce, sugar, butter, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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