Why it works: Sugar and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 92,116 recipes. Both carry phenylacetaldehyde, which smells hawthorne, honey. The science ↓
Dried Apple Roly Poly
Ingredients
Directions
Make the dough
Sift a pint of flour, two tablespoons of baking powder and one-half teaspoon of salt, then rub in one tablespoon of shortening.
Add two-thirds cup of water, knead quickly and roll out into a very thin sheet.
Brush with melted butter.
Fill and roll
Chop dried apples finely; the apples should have been soaked overnight.
Sprinkle over the dough the apples and four tablespoons of sugar.
Roll up and place in a buttered baking pan.
Brush with water and bake in a moderately hot oven for three-quarters of an hour.
Bake and serve
After the roll has been baking for half an hour, baste with a tablespoon of sugar dissolved in two tablespoons of water; return to the oven to glaze.
Serve hot with cream and sugar.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.
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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.
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Sugar + flourtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together92,116 recipes
Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Flour
- Forms the structure of the dough that holds the roll together.
- Baking powder
- Releases gas in the dough, helping it rise and turn light in the oven.
- Shortening
- Rubbed into the flour, it tenderises the dough by coating the flour particles.
- Dried apples (in the method)
- Provide the fruit filling and concentrated apple flavour and sweetness.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the filling and, in the glaze, helps the roll brown on the surface.
The step that matters
Rolling the dough very thin. A very thin sheet is needed so the roll bakes through evenly and stays light rather than dense or gummy in the centre.
“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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