Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓
Graham Gems
Ingredients
Directions
1 tablespoonfuls of sugar; i cup of sour milk; i cup of Graham flour; ^ cup wheat flour; i ^^'g; 2 tablespoonfuls melted shortening; i teaspoonful of soda; a pinch of salt.
Sweet milk and i teaspoonful of baking powder may be substituted for sour milk and soda.
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48 fre;donia cook book.
INDIAN MKAI. GEMS. Mrs. Joseph Brown.
2 eggs; 2 tablespoonfuls melted butter; 2 tablespoonfuls granulated sugar; 2 cups sweet milk; i cup Indian meal; xyi cups flour; 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Beat the eggs thoroughly; add butter, sugar and milk, then meal, flour and baking powder. Bake in buttered gem-pans about 20 minutes.
Mrs. E. D. Clark.
I pint of milk; 3^ cups of flour; 4 teaspoonfuls of sugar;
I tablespoonful melted lard; i tablespoonful melted butter;
a little salt; yi cake of compressed yeast, dissolved in cold
lyct the batter rise over night. In the morning add 2 eggs, I teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake in waflQle irons, heated and well greased.
Mrs. M. M. Fenner.
3 eggs; I quart of sour milk; i teaspoonful soda; a little salt; 3 tablespoonfuls melted butter.
Beat the yolks thoroughly, stir in the melted butter and soda, and lastly the whites beaten stiff. Use flour to make stiffer than for pan-cakes. Bake in waffle iron.
I quart sweet milk and 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder can be substituted for tlie sour milk and soda.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| 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.
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.
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Butter + milktop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together118,967 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together98,233 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together88,785 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Sugar + milktop 18% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together77,875 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Sugar and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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