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White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies III

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies III

Why it works: Almond and macadamia nut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies III

4 dozen
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

884Calories
22 gProtein
30 gFat
126 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Macadamianot 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.

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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. Almond + macadamia nuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Vanilla + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Vanilla + macadamia nuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together106 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Almond + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,673 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

Swap the macadamia nut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, almond, flour, chocolate):

  1. Hazelnutfits about as well
  2. Macadamia nutthe original
  3. Pistachiofits about as well
  4. Chestnutfits about as well

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