Why it works: Flour and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 92,116 recipes. Both carry phenylacetaldehyde, which smells hawthorne, honey. The science ↓
White Bread
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl.
Crumble the yeast into a small jar, add the sugar, and cover with warm water. Let it rise in a warm place until frothy.
Stir the yeast mixture and pour it into the center of the flour.
Add about 1 pint of warm water and mix until smooth, adding more water if needed.
Sprinkle a little flour on your hands and the sides of the bowl. Knead the dough until smooth and it no longer sticks to your hands.
Turn the dough over in the bowl with the smooth side up, sprinkle a little flour around the sides, cover with a cloth, and let it rise in a warm place for about 2 hours.
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 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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Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together92,116 recipes
Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).
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