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"This is a Filipino delicacy. I personally love this. I hope you enjoy this one."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 35,031 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

The recipe

18 pieces
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

  2. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat, then let it cool slightly.

  3. Whisk the melted butter, white sugar, vanilla extract and egg whites together until smooth.

  4. Stir in the all-purpose flour until you have a smooth, thin batter with no lumps.

  5. Spoon small rounds of batter about 3 inches (7.5 cm) across onto the lined sheets, spaced well apart, and spread each thinly with the back of a spoon.

  6. Bake for 4 to 5 minutes, until the edges are golden brown and the centers are set.

  7. Working quickly while still hot, lift each wafer with a thin spatula and roll it around the handle of a wooden spoon or a cone shape. Hold for a few seconds until set.

  8. If a wafer hardens before you can roll it, return it to the warm oven for 20 to 30 seconds to soften, then roll again.

  9. Cool the rolls completely on a wire rack, then store in an airtight container.

By allrecipes. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Butter + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Butter + vanillatop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together19,983 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Butter + eggtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together118,511 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Egg + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together104,138 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the vanilla

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

  1. Vanillathe original
  2. Raisinabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, egg, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).