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Thinnest Oatmeal Cookies

One of the easiest cookies I know how to make - made from rolled oats, they're razor thin and lacy, golden, freckled with poppy seeds, with and anise accent from crushed fennel seeds.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Thinnest Oatmeal Cookies

Why it works: Poppy seed and oats share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Thinnest Oatmeal Cookies

Makes about 2 dozen cookies.
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

865Calories
26 gProtein
21 gFat
142 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot in our table0
Poppy Seednot 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 101cookbooks. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Poppy seed + oatstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Wheat + oatstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together473 recipes

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

  3. Wheat + poppy seedtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).

  4. Wheat + fenneltop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Flour + fenneltop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together455 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the fennel

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, flour, poppy seed, butter, oats, egg, sugar):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Fennelthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, flour, poppy seed, butter, oats, egg, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.