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Sugar Cookies

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 15 ingredients
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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 ↓

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1 cup sugar. 3 tablespoons water, 1 cup butter. I/2 teaspoon soda, 2 eggs, nutmeg and salt to taste; roll in sugar before baking.

  2. Mrs. M. E. Pickett.

  3. SUGAR COOKIES NO. 2.

  4. 2 eggs well beaten, li/o cups coffee A sugar. % cup l)utter. i;. cup sweet milk, l/o teaspoon soda; mix soft and roll thin.

  5. Mrs. R. A. Love.

  6. SUGAR COOKIES NO. 3.

  7. 2 cups sugar. 1 cup butter, 1 cup sweet milk, yolks of 3 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda, flour enough to make a dough as soft as can be rolled; sprinkle sugar over the top and bake in a quick oven.

  8. IMrs. AVhitcomb.

  9. SUGAR COOKIES NO . 4 .

  10. 2 cups sugar and 1 cup butter mixed well together; then add 1 e^g, well beaten, 1 cup sweet milk, 1 teaspoon soda in a teaspoon of hot water, just a little nutmeg; flour to roll nicelv, with n little, sugar on lop. Mrs. F. K. RiL<;sell.

  11. 190 THE WARKEN COOK BOOK

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

390Calories
14 gProtein
26 gFat
26 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

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

By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [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.

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. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Milk + nutmegtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,685 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Butter + nutmegtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together24,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Egg + nutmegtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together24,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Egg and nutmeg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 24,744 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, butter, milk, egg):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegthe original
  3. Gingerfits less well
  4. Parsleyfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, butter, milk, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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