Weight Watchers Apple Cider Crisp

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 + cidertop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,238 recipes

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

2. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together5,598 recipes

   Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

3. Lemon + cinnamontop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together7,950 recipes

   Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Granny smith apples

Provide the fruit filling that softens and turns juicy under the topping while baking.

All-purpose flour

Forms the structure of the crumb topping and helps thicken the juices in the filling.

Butter

Adds fat that makes the topping crumbly and promotes browning in the oven.

Sugar

Sweetens the filling and topping and helps the topping brown in the oven.

Apple cider

Adds liquid and apple flavor that moistens the filling as it bakes.

Lemon juice

Adds acidity that brightens the apple flavor and keeps the apples from tasting flat.

Swap the lemon

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

1. Raisinfits better
2. Vanillafits better
3. Pearfits better
4. Lemonthe original

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