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Cream Cheese Cookies I

A short roll cookie made with vegetable shortening, cream cheese, sugar, flour, baking powder, and egg.

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Why it works: Sugar and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 92,116 recipes. Both carry phenylacetaldehyde, which smells hawthorne, honey. The science ↓

Cream Cheese Cookies I

Oven350 °F (175 °C)
Time8 to 10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Cream together vegetable shortening, cream cheese, fructose and sugar replacement.

  2. Add egg and water, beating well.

  3. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt, and add to creamed mixture. Mix until thoroughly blended.

  4. Shape into a roll, 1 ½ in. (3.75 cm) in diameter.

  5. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.

Bake

  1. Cut into thin slices and place on ungreased cookie sheets.

  2. Bake at 350 °F (175 °C) for 8 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

903Calories
21 gProtein
42 gFat
110 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Sugar + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  2. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

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

  4. Cream cheese + eggtop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,549 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Cream cheese + sugartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,791 recipes

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

Egg and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 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

Vegetable shortening
Provides fat that makes the cookies tender and short in texture.
Cream cheese
Adds moisture and a tangy richness to the dough.
Egg
Binds the dough and adds structure as it sets in the oven.
Flour
Forms the main structure of the cookies as the dough sets.
Baking powder
Releases gas during baking so the cookies rise slightly and lighten.

The step that matters

Refrigerate the dough before slicing. Chilling firms the fat so the roll holds its shape when sliced thin. Warm dough spreads in the oven and bakes into flat, uneven cookies.

“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.

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