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Cocoanut Jumbles

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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Cocoanut Jumbles

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 2 eggs, 1/0 grated cocoanut ; nuike just stiff enough to roll thin. J. M. D.

  2. GINGER SNAPS NO. 1.

  3. 1 cup lard, 2 cups New Orleans molasses, 1 teaspoon soda in 'j of boiling water, 1 tablespoon ginger; mix rather stiff; roll thin and bake quickly. Mrs. M. E. P^'ckett.

  4. GINGER SNAPS NO. 2.

  5. 2 cups molasses, 1 cup sugar, % cup butter; put these in a pan and bring to a boil ; take 1 qt. flour, 1 tablespoon ginger, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nutmeg; put 1 teaspoon soda in first part while hot ; turn it onto the flour and spices previously mixed together; then add flour enough to make a stiff dough; roll very thin and bake. Mrs. Fred Darling.

  6. GINGER SNAPS NO. 3.

  7. 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup black molasses, 1 cup butter, 1 tablespoon ginger, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 14 teaspoon powdered alum, 1 teaspoon soda; let come to a boil ; when cold add 1 beaten egg and flour enough to roll thin ; bake in quick oven .

  8. Mrs. C. H. Smith.

  9. COOKIES, DOUGHNUTS, LITTLE CAKES, ETC. 191

  10. HERMITS NO. 1.

  11. 1 cup raisins stoned and chopped, 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, V5 teaspoon soda dissolved in .1 little milk, S eggs, tiour enough to roll out ; cut with a tumbler and bake in a quick oven. Mrs. C. E. Bell.

  12. HERMITS NO. 2.

  13. Cream 1 cup butter; stir in 1 cup sugar gradually, 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 1 teaspoon cloves, a little nutmeg, 1 low teaspoon soda dis- solved in a little warm water, 3 eggs, yolks and whites beaten to- gether, 1 cup seeded and chopped raisins, flour enough to roll easily but do not roll as thin as cookies, and use as little flour as possible to handle: sprinkle with sugar before cutting; keep in a tight box.

  14. Mrs. John Clark.

  15. JUMBLES NO. 1.

  16. 2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 4 eggs. 1 teaspoon baking poAvder. 1 teaspoon Koyce's vanilla, flour enough to roll.

  17. Mrs. Ada Partridge.

  18. JUMBLES NO. 2.

  19. 21/2, cups sugar, 1 cup butter. 4 eggs. 3 tablespoons vinegar, ^A teaspoon soda, flavoring, flour enough to roll. C. E. J.

  20. JUMBLES NO. 3.

  21. 21/2 cups pulverized sugar. % cup butter. 4 eggs, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1 small teaspoon soda, a little nutmeg, flour enough to roll ; sprinkle sugar over them and bake. Mrs. Lucy Hall.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

655Calories
15 gProtein
39 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Lard1 tbsp (12.8g)115
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
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.

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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.

  1. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, butter, molasses, ginger, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg):

  1. Raisinthe original
  2. Vanillafits about as well
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Orangefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, butter, molasses, ginger, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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