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Faculty Bob's Cookies

A simple cookie made with flour, sugar, butter, salt, and egg, baked until lightly browned.

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Why it works: Flour and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Faculty Bob's Cookies

Oven350 degrees
Time15-20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Make the dough

  1. Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy.

  2. Blend in egg.

  3. Combine flour and salt in a medium bowl.

  4. Gradually add to butter mixture and mix and knead until dough forms.

Shape and bake

  1. Take pieces of dough and roll into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased baking sheets.

  2. Flatten balls slightly if desired.

  3. Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.

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.

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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. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  3. Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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

Flour
Provides the structure that holds the cookies together as they bake.
Butter
Creaming with sugar traps air and adds richness and tenderness to the dough.
Sugar
Sweetens the cookies and, creamed with butter, helps give them a light texture.
Egg
Binds the dough and adds moisture and structure.

The step that matters

Creaming butter and sugar. Beating until light and fluffy incorporates air that helps the cookies rise and gives a tender crumb. Under-creaming leaves a denser cookie.

“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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