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Cherry Cobbler with Brown Sugar Biscuit Crust

Use seasonal sweet, dark cherries to make a delicious cobbler with brown sugar biscuit crust.

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Cherry Cobbler with Brown Sugar Biscuit Crust

Why it works: Cherry and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 551 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Cherry Cobbler with Brown Sugar Biscuit Crust

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1014Calories
26 gProtein
28 gFat
166 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
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 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.

  1. Cherry + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together551 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Cinnamon + biscuittop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together312 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,721 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Cinnamon + flourtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + biscuittop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together889 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the cherry

The recipe marks cherry as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, cinnamon, flour, biscuit, butter, buttermilk):

  1. Raisinfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Cherrythe original

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