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Molasses Drops

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Why it works: Tea and ginger work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 216 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Molasses Drops

Ingredients

Directions

  1. One atid one-half cups of molasses, one-half cup of but- ter, one-half cup of milk, one egg, one and one-half teaspoons of soda, three and one-half cups of flour. GINGER SNAPS.

  2. One cup of molasses, one cup of light brown sugar, one- half cuiD of butter and lard, one teaspoonful of salt, one tea- spoonful of ginger, three scant teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, one-half cup of boiling water in which stir two teaspoonfuls of soda. Pour over the other ingredients and add Hour. Roll thin.

  3. SUGAR COOKIES No. 1.

  4. One and one-half cups of sugar, one cup of melted but- ter, one cup of sour milk, one e^g, one teaspoonful of soda. Beat egg, stir in the other ingredients with just floar enough so that the paste can be handled and moulded. Roll thin and bake light but quickly.

  5. SUGAR COOKIES No. 2.

  6. Ona cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one egg, thi-ee ta- blespoons of buttermilk, one-half teaspoon of soda; mix quite hard.

  7. SUGAR COOKIES No. 3.

  8. Two cups of sugar and one cup of butter beaten to cream ; yolks of three eggs beaten and added, one teaspoon of soda, two tablespoons of sour milfe; floiir to make stiff. Roll thin.

  9. MOLASSES COOKIES No. 1.

  10. One and one-half cups of molasses boiled ten minutes, one-half cup of butter, one teaspoon of soda, flour to make stiff. Roll thin and bake quickly.

  11. Imported Vegetables in Glass.

  12. 74 MOLASSES COOKIES No. 2. One cup of sugar, two cups of molasses, three-fourths of a cup of butter, two-thirds of a cup of boiling w^ater, two small teaspoons of soda dissolved in the hot water, one tea- spooa ginger ; salt. Knead as little as possible. Roll thin and bake quickly.

  13. BELKNAP COOKIES. One cup of sugar, one cup of butter, three eggs, one quart of flour, one and one-half teaspoons of Royal baking powder, one-half nutmeg.

  14. BAKER'S SQUARES. Two cups of molasses, one heaping cup of butter, one cup of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of sour milk, two table- spoonsful of ginger, two teaspoonfuls of soda in the molass- es and one in the milk, two eggs, flour to knead. Mix over night. Roll thick and cut with a square cutter. Bake a

  15. light brown.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1105Calories
36 gProtein
40 gFat
149 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Sour Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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.

By Mansfield, W. H., & co., Putnam, Conn., pub. [from old catalog]. 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.

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. Tea + gingertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together216 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Milk + teatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together738 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  4. Molasses + sugartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (molasses, milk, flour, sugar, butter, egg, tea):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Gingerthe original
  4. Clovefits less well

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

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