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Monster Cookies VIII

"Quick, easy cookie using a boxed cake mix as its base. Very moist and fluffy! Add any variations you desire such as pecans, candy, raisins or butterscotch chips."

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Monster Cookies VIII

Why it works: Oats and walnut work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 554 recipes. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Monster Cookies VIII

2 dozen large cookies
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

970Calories
27 gProtein
32 gFat
140 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Cakenot 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. Oats + walnuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together554 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Chocolate + walnuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,548 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Oats + chocolatetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together752 recipes

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

  4. Egg + walnuttop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Egg + chocolatetop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, egg, chocolate):

  1. Pecansfits better
  2. Flaxseedfits better
  3. Peanutfits better
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, egg, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.