Name: Miss Cora Chase, Rosemond, Ill
Ingredients: one pound of sugar; a pound of butter; six eggs beaten very light; three eggs beaten to a stiff

Why it works: Butter and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118,967 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Miss Cora Chase, Rosemond, Ill

Ingredients

one pound of sugar
a pound of butter
six eggs beaten very light
three eggs beaten to a stiff

Directions

Six eggs beaten very light, one pound of sugar, a fourth of a pound of butter and add enough flour to roll. Cut in square blocks, slit them and fry in lard. Drain and sift a little sugar over them.
MATRIMONY.
• MRS. C. C. HOWELL.
Whites of three eggs beaten to a stiff" froth and flour to knead a stiff" dough. Roll as thin as a wafer; cut into fancy shapes; drop into hot lard for a moment; turn and take out; then roll in pulverized sugar.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

229Calories

6 gProtein

17 gFat

13 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49

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

By Des Moines. Plymouth church. [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.

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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.

Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together98,233 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).