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
2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 2 eggs, 1/0 grated cocoanut ; nuike just stiff enough to roll thin. J. M. D.
GINGER SNAPS NO. 1.
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.
GINGER SNAPS NO. 2.
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.
GINGER SNAPS NO. 3.
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 .
Mrs. C. H. Smith.
COOKIES, DOUGHNUTS, LITTLE CAKES, ETC. 191
HERMITS NO. 1.
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.
HERMITS NO. 2.
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.
Mrs. John Clark.
JUMBLES NO. 1.
2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 4 eggs. 1 teaspoon baking poAvder. 1 teaspoon Koyce's vanilla, flour enough to roll.
Mrs. Ada Partridge.
JUMBLES NO. 2.
21/2, cups sugar, 1 cup butter. 4 eggs. 3 tablespoons vinegar, ^A teaspoon soda, flavoring, flour enough to roll. C. E. J.
JUMBLES NO. 3.
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)
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
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Lard | 1 tbsp (12.8g) | 115 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Molasses | 1 tbsp (20g) | 58 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Water | 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.
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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Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together11,917 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together14,189 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
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Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together8,686 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together6,380 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked 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):
- Raisinthe original
- Vanillafits about as well
- Figfits about as well
- 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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