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Flaky Biscuits

"Biscuits with extra flakiness. They're light and airy, not hard, even after a few days."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Flaky Biscuits

Why it works: Malt and vinegar work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 365 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Flaky Biscuits

12 biscuits
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

607Calories
21 gProtein
9 gFat
107 gCarbs

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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Maltnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Malt + vinegartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together365 recipes

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

  2. Milk + malttop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  3. Buttermilk + vinegartop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together238 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Milk + vinegartop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,949 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Buttermilk + malttop 37% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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