Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓
Lemon Crackers
Ingredients
Directions
Two and one-half cups sugar, one cup lard, one pint sweet milk, two eggs, five cents worth oil of lemon and five cents worth baker's ammonia, dissolved in one-half cup warm water about one hour before mixing with flour very stiff. Pound one-half hour. Roll very thin; bake in hot oven. — Mrs. A. L. Patterson.
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One cup sugar, two eggs, two tablespoons of melted butter, one- half cup of sweet milk, two teaspoons of cream of tartar, one teaspoon of soda, pinch of salt, little nutmeg and cinnamon. — Mrs. Byron Craw- ford.
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One cup sugar, one cup milk, one cup potatoes, mashed; two and one-half teaspoons baking powder, spices and two tablespoons melted lard.
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Sift together one quart flour, two teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, one cup sugar, one egg, one tablespoon melted butter, one-third tea- spoon salt, teaspoon lemon or vanilla, add sweet milk to make soft dough, roll, cut out and fry in hot fat, when cooked roll in sugar. — Elsie Crawford.
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Two eggs, one and one-half cups sugar, one cup sweet milk, one teaspoon butter, two teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, flavor with lemon or nutmeg. — Mary Melrose.
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One cup sugar, three eggs, one cup sour milk, pinch salt, teaspoon cinnamon, enough flour to make stiff dough, teaspoon soda. When done roll in sugar. — Mrs. Dozier.
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Boil and mash five medium-sized potatoes, one and one-half cups of sugar, two eggs, one scant cup of milk, three teaspoons of melted butter, four teaspoons baking powder, a pinch of salt and nutmeg. Fry in hot lard. — Mrs. S. T. Spring.
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One cup sugar, one cup sour milk, one egg, one teaspoon soda, one tablespoon butter, one pinch salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix soft, add teaspoon vinegar to prevent them taking grease. — Mrs. C. H. Wright.
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Three large potatoes boiled and mashed with lump of butter size of an egg, beat until smooth, three eggs, beaten separately, one and one-half cups sugar, pinch of salt, nutmeg to taste, two teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, three cups of flour; stir in and add enough more to roll out. Fry in deep lard, smoking hot; drain on paper, roll in pow- dered sugar. — Mrs. Mathews.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 15 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Sour Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Lard | 1 tbsp (12.8g) | 115 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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.
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Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together41,516 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Milk + potatotop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,611 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
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Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together124,287 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Butter and flour 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 lemon
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, milk, butter, cream, potato, flour, egg):
- Vanillafits better
- Raisinfits better
- Coconutfits better
- Lemonthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, milk, butter, cream, potato, flour, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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