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Biscoitos De Maizena

A simple cookie made from cornstarch, sugar, egg, butter, and salt.

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Why it works: Egg and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118,967 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Biscoitos De Maizena

Oven375°F
Timeabout seven minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the dough

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

  2. Sift cornstarch, sugar, and salt together.

  3. Mix the egg and blend in the butter.

  4. Knead well.

  5. Let stand ten to fifteen minutes.

Shape and bake

  1. Use a cookie press to drop them on a greased cookie sheet if you want to make cookies in different shapes.

  2. Alternately, shape the dough into balls in the palm of your hand and drop them onto the greased cookie sheet.

  3. Use the tines on a fork to make grooves on the cookies. They look really pretty that way.

  4. Some people like to shape the cookies into really tiny balls, others prefer them bigger.

  5. Bake for about seven minutes, depending on how big you make them.

  6. Let cool and serve with a wonderful cup of Brazilian coffee in the afternoon.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

684Calories
19 gProtein
18 gFat
108 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
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. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cornstarch
Provides the main structure and gives the cookies a tender, crumbly, short texture.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and tenderness, helping the dough hold together and bind.
Egg
Binds the dough and adds moisture and some structure to the cookies.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the cookies brown lightly at the edges.

The step that matters

Knead well. Kneading develops a smooth, cohesive dough. Under-kneaded dough can be crumbly and hard to shape or press, while the resting period lets the dry starch fully hydrate so the dough firms up.

“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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