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Mexican Cheese Cookies

Cookies made with sugar, margarine, shredded Monterey Jack cheese, flour, baking powder, salt, 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 ↓

Mexican Cheese Cookies

Oven375°F
Time8-10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the dough

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.

  2. Mix sugar and softened margarine; stir in cheese.

  3. Stir in remaining ingredients except egg.

Shape and bake

  1. Roll dough by teaspoonsful into sticks, about 3 1/2 by 1/2 inch.

  2. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet.

  3. Press sticks lightly to flatten.

  4. Brush with beaten egg.

  5. Bake until light brown around edges only, 8-10 minutes.

  6. Immediately remove from sheet and cool on wire racks.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

797Calories
26 gProtein
27 gFat
109 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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 + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  2. Flour + eggtop 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. Cheese + eggtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,253 recipes

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

  5. Cheese + flourtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,860 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and egg 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

Monterey jack cheese
Adds savory flavor and richness, and melts slightly to give the cookies a tender crumb.
Margarine
Provides fat that creams with sugar and keeps the cookies tender.
All-purpose flour
Forms the structure of the dough as the cookies set in the oven.
Sugar
Sweetens the dough and helps the edges brown.
Baking powder
Releases gas during baking, helping the cookies rise and turn light.
Egg
Brushed on top to add color and a glossy finish, and binds the dough.

The step that matters

Bake until light brown around edges only. Cheese and sugar brown quickly, so the cookies can scorch or over-brown if left too long. Pulling them when only the edges are light brown keeps them pale and tender.

“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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