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Btb Breakfast Oakes

A quick rye meal oatcake with molasses, soda, and sweet milk baked in muffin rings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Ladies' Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church (Fall River, Mass .). Ladies' Benevolent Society, Mass.) First Congregational Church (Fall River · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Rye and milk work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 918 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Btb Breakfast Oakes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine two cups of rye meal, one half cup molasses, salt, one teaspoonful of soda, and one and one half cups of sweet milk. Mix until very soft.

  2. Bake immediately in muffin rings.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

339Calories
11 gProtein
9 gFat
55 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Rye1 slice (32g)83
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

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

By Ladies' Benevolent Society, First Congregational Church (Fall River, Mass .). Ladies' Benevolent Society, Mass.) First Congregational Church (Fall River. 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. Rye + milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together918 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Rye + molassestop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Molasses + milktop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together7,243 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Rye meal
Forms the bulk and structure of the oatcakes.
Molasses
Adds sweetness, moisture and a dark color, and its acidity reacts with the soda.
Soda
Reacts with the molasses to release gas that lifts the batter.
Sweet milk
Moistens the flour so the mixture turns soft and easy to shape.

The step that matters

Bake immediately. Soda begins releasing gas as soon as it meets the acidic molasses and liquid. Waiting lets that lift escape before the heat sets the structure, so the oatcakes may bake up flat and dense.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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