Name: Brown Bread
Ingredients: one cup of molasses; three loaves of bread; two dozen biscuits; butter the size of an egg is sufficient for two dozen bisc

Why it works: Bread and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Brown Bread

Ingredients

one cup of molasses
three loaves of bread
two dozen biscuits
butter the size of an egg is sufficient for two dozen bisc

Directions

Mrs. Wm. Blair.
Take part of the sponge that has been prepared for your white bread, warm water can be added, mix it with Graham flour (not too stiff) ; and one cup of molasses for three loaves of bread.
For Brown Biscuit. — Take this Graham dough, as prepared for bread, working in a little butter. Butter the size of an egg is sufficient for two dozen biscuits.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

859Calories

23 gProtein

25 gFat

133 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Biscuit	1 medium (45g)	166
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58

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

By Home for the Friendless (Chicago, Ill.). 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.

Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,232 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Bread + biscuittop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together319 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together22,662 recipes

Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Biscuit + buttertop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,009 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).