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Sour Cream Apple Strudel

A pastry filled with apples, breadcrumbs, butter, sugar, and cinnamon, baked until golden.

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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 ↓

Sour Cream Apple Strudel

Oven350 degrees
Time55-60 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the pastry

  1. Cut chilled butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

  2. Add sour cream and salt, mixing well.

  3. Shape dough into a ball.

  4. Wrap in plastic wrap.

  5. Refrigerate overnight.

Make the filling

  1. Combine breadcrumbs and melted butter.

  2. Add apples, sugar, and cinnamon, mixing well.

Shape and bake

  1. Divide chilled dough into thirds and turn onto a floured surface.

  2. Roll each portion into a 15x12 inch rectangle.

  3. Spoon filling evenly onto each piece of dough.

  4. Spread filling to within 1 inch of edges.

  5. Roll dough up from one long side.

  6. Pinch seams and ends to seal.

  7. Place the three strudels seam side down on a baking sheet or in a large baking dish.

  8. Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes, or until light brown.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

807Calories
31 gProtein
14 gFat
141 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pastrynot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. 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

What each ingredient does

Butter
Cut into flour to form flaky layers as it melts and steams in the oven.
Flour
Forms the gluten structure that holds the rolled pastry together.
Sour cream
Adds moisture and tenderness to the dough.
Plain breadcrumbs
Absorb the apple juices so the filling stays moist but not soggy.
Baking apples
Provide the main fruit body and tart flavor of the filling.
Sugar
Sweetens the filling and helps the apples brown while baking.

The step that matters

Sealing the rolls. Pinching the seams and ends closed keeps the filling from leaking out during baking, which would otherwise scorch on the pan and leave the strudel dry.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, cream, sugar, cinnamon):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Applethe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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