Name: Lessons in Breadmaking
Ingredients: two tablespoons of white sugar; twelve persons; one egg well beaten; two table- spoons of butter; one

Why it works: Egg and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118,967 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Lessons in Breadmaking

twelve persons

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

Add the white of one egg, well beaten, two tablespoons of white sugar, and two tablespoons of butter to the quantity of light bread dough you would take for twelve persons.
Work the mixture thoroughly together.

Shape the rolls

Roll out the dough to about half an inch thick.
Cut the dough into the desired size.
Spread melted butter on one roll and lay another roll on top of it.

Bake

Bake delicately when the rolls have risen.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

229Calories

6 gProtein

17 gFat

13 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49

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

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.

Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together98,233 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg white: Adds structure and helps the rolls bind and rise with a fine texture.
White sugar: Adds sweetness and helps the crust brown during baking.
Butter: Adds fat for a tender crumb and richness.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.