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Apple Cranberry Crisp

"A great combination of apples and cranberries with a crispy topping. A favorite at Thanksgiving instead of plain cranberries."

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Why it works: Cinnamon and berry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 34 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

1 - 8x8 inch dish
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and grease an 8x8 inch baking dish.

  2. Peel, core and thinly slice the Granny Smith apples, then spread them evenly in the bottom of the dish.

  3. In a small bowl, stir the cornstarch with the 1 tablespoon water until smooth. Stir in the whole berry cranberry sauce, then spoon it over the apples and spread evenly.

  4. Melt the shortening. In a bowl, mix the oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and melted shortening until crumbly, then sprinkle over the cranberry layer.

  5. Bake for about 30 minutes, until the topping is golden and the apples are tender when pierced with a knife.

  6. Let the crisp cool for 10 minutes before serving.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cinnamon + berrytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cranberry + appletop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together169 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Berry + cranberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Cinnamon + cranberrytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together116 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Cinnamon + appletop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,586 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs