Why it works: Wheat and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,418 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓
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Ingredients
Directions
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sweet milk. Mix dry ingredients, work butter into them, add milk, aad lastly the well-beaten egg. Mes. Laura Fuemak.
GEAHAM MUFFINS. One and a half cups of graham flour ; half cup wheat flour ; butter size of an egg; 1 tablespoon of sugar; 1 egg; pinch salt; 1 cup of sweet milk; dry ingredients and mix thoroughly, add the milk and lastly the well- beaten egg. Bake in quick oven. Mes. C. A. Maetin.
One egg; 1 tablespoon of butter; 1 tablespoon of sugar; 2^2. tear spoonfuls of baking powder; half teaspoon of salt; two-thirds of a piat of milk ; li^ pints of flour. Mes. Hattie Caepentee.
Three cups of flour; 2 teaspoons of baking powder; 1 teaspoon of salt; 1 cup of sugar; 1 egg; 1 pint of sweet milk; 1 tablespoon of melted butter. This quantity makes 20 muffins. Mes. J. R. Updike.
PAEKEE HOUSE ROLLS. Into two quarts of sifted flour rub 3 tablespoons of butter. In a hole in the center of the flour put 1 pint of cold boiled milk, half cup of sugar and half cup of yeast. Set at night ; in the morning mix the flour all in (but add no more) and let it rise until about 3 o'clock in the after- noon. Roll out and cut with a cake cutter, spread half with butter and fold together. Let them rise until very light, and brush over with milk 2 teaspoons baking powder. Rub the butter into the flour, add the other and sugar before putting in the oven. Bake half an hour.
Mes. J. E. Updike.
One pint scalded sweet milk. When nearly cool add 1 cake of Yeast Foam, a little salt, mix to a stiff batter, let rise over night. Knead in morning, set to rise until 2 P. M. Klnead, roll out 1 inch thick, spread with butter, cut out and fold over. Place one inch apart in pan and let get very light ; bake in quick oven. Spread a little butter on top and dust with sugar just before baking. Mes. Ltdia F. Hemingway.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
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 |
| Wheat | not in our table | 0 |
| Cake | not in our table | 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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Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,418 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
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Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Flour + wheattop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,373 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together124,287 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Wheat + buttertop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,002 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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