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Oatmeal Cookie Milk Shake Recipe

Make sure to use crisp oatmeal cookies (like Mother's brand) for this shake; the soft cookies won't lend the crunchy texture that makes this treat so satisfying...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Oatmeal Cookie Milk Shake Recipe

Why it works: Vanilla and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,287 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Oatmeal Cookie Milk Shake Recipe

1 - 2 servings
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

372Calories
14 gProtein
16 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Saucenot 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 chow. 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. Vanilla + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

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

  2. Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

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

  3. Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Vanilla + creamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

Vanilla and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the cinnamon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, vanilla, cream, sauce):

  1. Cinnamonthe original
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Peppermintfits less well
  4. Clovefits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, vanilla, cream, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.