Why it works: Biscuit and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,009 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Warm Bread for Breakfast
Ingredients
Directions
The book says “a very hot oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.
Prepare the dough and let it rise until light.
Mold the dough into biscuits or rolls and place them on buttered baking tins.
Cover the tins with a cloth and wrap them in newspaper to exclude air.
In summer, place the covered tins in the ice-box overnight.
In the morning, remove the cloth and warm it, then cover the dough again.
Set the tins in a warm place near the fire to allow them to rise.
Bake in a preheated oven at 400°F (200°C) for warm, raised biscuits.
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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Biscuit + buttertop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,009 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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