Baked Apples

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. Cinnamon + appletop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together5,598 recipes

   Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

3. Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together12,655 recipes

   Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

4. Sugar + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together30,779 recipes

   Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

5. Milk + appletop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,104 recipes

   Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

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

Apples

Provide the main body of the dish, softening into tender flesh as they bake.

Sugar

Adds sweetness and helps form a syrupy filling in the apple centers.

Butter (in the method)

Adds fat and richness to the filling as it melts into the apple.

Cinnamon

Adds warm aroma and flavor that complements the baked apple.

Swap the apple

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

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

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