Why it works: Flour and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Delicious Quick Rolls
Ingredients
Directions
Sift 3J/2 cups flour; make a hole in center; put in i teaspoonful salt, i tablespoon sugar. Dissolve a cake of Fleischmann's yeast in ½ cup luke warm water. Add this to flour. Lastly, add heat- en white of one egg. Knead as little as possible. Set aside to rise for two hours. Make into rolls, (or bread), let it rise i hour. Bake 35 minutes in slow oven. Just before browning, grease t with lard. Same may be made into cinnamon mil-.
Mrs. Henry Alcus, X. ('). I;. C.
Beat i egg in I pint of sweet milk, add enough flour to make a rather stiff batter, 2 tablespoons of lard, i level teaspoon of salt, 2 rounding teaspoons baking powder; grease pan well. Cook in a quick oven, serve hot.
Mrs. Jerome E. Landry
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Lard | 1 tbsp (12.8g) | 115 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 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.
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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.
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Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together106,462 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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