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Spicy Drops

A spiced sweet pastry made from wheat flour, sugar, margarine, and spices, baked into flat figures and topped with whipped egg whites.

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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Spicy Drops

Ovenover 400°F

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Whisk margarine and add baking powder.

  2. Dissolve in water.

  3. Add cinnamon, pepper, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, and caramel (2 oz. for coloring).

  4. Add flour.

  5. Knead dough.

Shape

  1. Roll it flat.

  2. Cut out figures.

  3. Place them on the wet baking sheet.

Bake and finish

  1. Bake over 400°F until it changes to golden brown.

  2. Adorn with egg whites whipped with sugar.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

638Calories
14 gProtein
14 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Wheatnot in our table0
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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,299 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Cardamom + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,114 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Cinnamon + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Nutmeg + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together249 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

What each ingredient does

Wheat flour
Forms the dough's structure, setting the shape of the figures as they bake.
Margarine
Adds fat that tenderizes the dough and carries the spice flavors.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the surface brown during baking.
Baking powder
Releases gas during baking, helping the dough rise and lighten.
Cinnamon
Provides the warm, sweet aroma that defines the spiced flavor.

The step that matters

Bake until golden brown. Sugar and caramel brown quickly at high oven heat, so the figures can move from golden to too dark in a short time. Check them closely and remove them as soon as they reach golden brown.

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, sugar, cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, cardamom):

  1. Clovefits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Allspicefits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, sugar, cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, cardamom. 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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