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Cocoanut Wafers

A quick baked wafer made with coconut, oats, sugar, butter, and egg.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Ramblers' club, Minneapolis. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Cocoanut Wafers

Why it works: Milk and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 88,785 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Cocoanut Wafers

Ingredients

Directions

Make the batter

  1. Beat 1 egg in a bowl.

  2. Stir in 1 cup white sugar.

  3. Add 1 tablespoon melted butter and mix.

  4. Fold in 1 cup rolled oats.

  5. Add 1 cup coconut and a little salt and vanilla, mixing until combined.

Bake

  1. Drop spoonfuls of batter onto buttered tins, spacing them 1 inch apart.

  2. Bake quickly until golden.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

285Calories
14 gProtein
13 gFat
28 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sour Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Salt1 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.

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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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. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Molasses + eggtop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together6,879 recipes

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

What each ingredient does

Egg
Binds the batter and gives it structure as it sets.
White sugar (in the method)
Adds sweetness and helps the wafers turn golden as they bake.
Butter (in the method)
Adds fat for richness and a tender texture.
Rolled oats (in the method)
Add body and a chewy texture to the batter.
Coconut (in the method)
Adds coconut flavour and chewiness.

The step that matters

Spacing the spoonfuls 1 inch apart. The batter spreads as it bakes. Spacing the drops keeps the wafers from merging into one sheet and lets them brown evenly and crisp at the edges.

“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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