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 ↓
How to Make Nice Light, Nutritious Griddle Cakes
Ingredients
Directions
Make the batter
In a bowl, mix flour, salt, and sugar.
Gradually add water until a smooth batter forms.
Cook the cakes
Heat a griddle over medium heat.
Pour batter onto the griddle to form cakes.
Cook until bubbles form, then flip and cook until golden brown.
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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Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together92,116 recipes
Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Flour
- Provides the structure that holds the cakes together as they set.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps the cakes brown to a golden colour.
The step that matters
Flipping the cakes. Flip only after bubbles form and the surface has begun to set. Bubbles mean steam is escaping and the bottom has firmed. Flipping too early tears the cake and leaves the batter raw in the middle.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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