Why it works: Cinnamon and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,784 recipes. Both carry anethole, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓
Cinnamon Rolls
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Roll out the pie crust.
Cut the crust into narrow strips.
Sprinkle cinnamon over the strips.
Roll each strip up tightly.
Place the rolls in a clean, buttered tin pan.
Bake at 400°F (200°C) until nicely browned.
Serve warm.
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.
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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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Cinnamon + buttertop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together17,784 recipes
Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).
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