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Light Maple Cashew Baked Apples

By cookincanuck · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Apple and cinnamon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,598 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Light Maple Cashew Baked Apples

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

464Calories
11 gProtein
15 gFat
76 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
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 cookincanuck. 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. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

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

  3. Oats + maple syruptop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together298 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Apple + oatstop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together518 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Apple + maple syruptop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together272 recipes

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

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 (oats, maple syrup, cinnamon):

  1. Pumpkinfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Applethe original

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