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Potato Chip and Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sweet and salty cookies—you won’t be able to just have one!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and potato chip work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and 15 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 36
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, 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. Heat the oven to 350°F (177°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

  2. Whisk the flour, salt and baking soda together in a bowl and set aside.

  3. Beat the butter with the brown sugar and granulated sugar for about 3 minutes until light and fluffy.

  4. Beat in the egg, egg yolk, vanilla and milk until smooth.

  5. Stir in the flour mixture until just combined, then fold in the chocolate chips and crushed potato chips.

  6. Scoop rounded tablespoons of dough onto the prepared sheets, spacing them about 2 inches (5 cm) apart.

  7. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until the edges are golden and the centers look set.

  8. Cool on the sheets for 5 minutes, then move the cookies to a rack to cool completely.

By tastykitchen. 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. Milk + potato chiptop 24% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Vanilla + milktop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Vanilla + chocolatetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,018 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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