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Christmas Cookie Slices

Thin slices of sugar cookie dough baked until crisp.

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Why it works: Sugar and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Christmas Cookie Slices

Oven400 degrees
Time8 to 10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Mix sugar, margarine, eggs, and vanilla.

  2. Stir in remaining ingredients.

  3. Divide dough into three equal parts.

  4. Shape each part into a roll about 1 ½ inches in diameter.

  5. Wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

Bake

  1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.

  2. Cut rolls into 1/8 inch slices.

  3. Place slices about 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.

  4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Remove immediately from the sheet.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

696Calories
19 gProtein
18 gFat
109 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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.

Explore the science

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 + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  2. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Vanilla + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Butter + vanillatop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. 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

Margarine or butter
Provides fat that creams with sugar and gives the cookies tender, rich texture.
Eggs
Bind the dough and add structure and richness as the cookies set.
All-purpose flour
Forms the main structure of the dough as its proteins and starch set in baking.
Sugar
Sweetens the dough and helps the cookies brown during baking.
Baking soda
Reacts with acidity in the dough to help the cookies rise and spread slightly.

The step that matters

Chill the dough for at least 4 hours. Chilling firms the fat so the rolls hold their shape and the slices spread less in the oven, keeping the cookies neat and evenly thick.

Swap the vanilla

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

  1. Raisinfits better
  2. Vanillathe original
  3. Figfits less well
  4. Lemonfits less well

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

“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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