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Baked Apples with Amaretto

A dessert of baked apples flavored with amaretto and brown sugar.

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Why it works: Sugar and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Baked Apples with Amaretto

Oven350°F
Time45 minutes to 1 hour

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.

  2. Place the apples in a lightly oiled baking pan just large enough to hold them in a single layer.

  3. If necessary, trim the bottoms so the apples stand upright.

Bake

  1. Sprinkle 2 to 3 tablespoons sugar in the center and on the top of each apple.

  2. Drizzle 1 or 2 teaspoons of amaretto in the center and over each apple.

  3. Bake until the apples are very tender and the sugar has melted, 45 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the size of the apples.

Serve

  1. To serve, place the hot apples in individual bowls and top with some liquid from the pan.

  2. If desired, serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

377Calories
1 gProtein
25 gFat
39 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

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. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  2. Apple + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together16,478 recipes

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

  3. Apple + creamtop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,089 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

Apple and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 16,478 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

Baking apples
Soften into tender flesh that holds its shape while the centers become soft and sweet.
Dark brown sugar
Melts into the pan juices, adding sweetness and a rich, caramel-like syrup.
Amaretto liqueur
Adds a distinct almond aroma and flavor that perfumes the apples as they bake.

The step that matters

Bake until very tender. Apples vary in size and density, so the baking time shifts; underbaked apples stay firm and starchy in the center, while the sugar needs time to melt into a syrup.

Swap the apple

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, cream. 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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