Name: Cheese Sticks
Ingredients: 1 cup grated cheese; 3 cup flour; 1 cup of fine breadcrumbs; 2 tbs; 1 tbs

Why it works: Cheese and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,860 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Cheese Sticks

Ingredients

Directions

Cream butter, flour, breadcrumbs, and cheese together.
Mix thoroughly and add milk.
Roll dough 1 inch thick, cut into 1‑inch‑wide strips 5 inches long, and bake in a moderate oven.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

568Calories

20 gProtein

10 gFat

95 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113

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

By Ramblers' club, Minneapolis. [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.

Cheese + flourtop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,860 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Flour: Provides the main structure that holds the dough together after baking.
Grated cheese: Adds savoury flavour and fat, which gives the strips richness and a tender texture.
Fine breadcrumbs: Add body and a crisp, dry texture to the dough.

“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.