Name: Chocolate Chip Soynut Cookies
Ingredients: 3 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed; 2 cups vegetable shortening or margarine; 4 large eggs; 3 cups all purpose flour; 1 cup soy flour; 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp baking soda; 2 Tbs vanilla soymilk; 2 tsp vanilla; 2 cups roasted soynuts, coarsely chopped; 4 cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels

Why it works: Vanilla and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,020 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

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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.

Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,020 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together35,032 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Flour + vanillatop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,241 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,404 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Sugar + flourtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together92,116 recipes

Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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

What each ingredient does

Shortening or margarine: Provides fat that creates a tender, rich texture in the cookies.
Eggs: Bind the dough and add structure as they set during baking.
All-purpose flour: Forms the main structure of the cookies as the dough sets.
Soy flour: Adds body and a nutty flavor while contributing to the dough's structure.
Baking soda: Reacts with the dough to help the cookies rise and spread.
Light brown sugar: Adds sweetness, moisture and browning, plus a caramel flavor.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Chocolate Chip Soynut Cookies