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Soft Ginger Cookies

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Norton, Caroline Trask · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Soft Ginger Cookies

Why it works: Molasses and buttermilk work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 526 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Soft Ginger Cookies

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Put one teaspoonful of ginger and soda in a mix- ing bowl. Heat one cup of molasses and put in the bowl. Scald half a cup of buttermilk, add to the molasses; stir in sifted flour enough to form a soft dough, then half a cup of softened butter. Chill thoroughly ; roll out, cut into cakes. Bake in a mod- erate oven. Do not change the order of mixing.

  2. 336 ROCKY MOUNTAIN COOK BOOK.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

311Calories
8 gProtein
20 gFat
27 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Norton, Caroline Trask. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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. Molasses + buttermilktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together526 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Ginger + molassestop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Buttermilk + buttertop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,674 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Ginger + buttermilktop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together298 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Ginger + buttertop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,152 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (molasses, buttermilk, butter):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Allspicefits about as well
  4. Gingerthe original

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

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