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Chocolate Chip Cookies I

"My mother says this is the original chocolate chip cookie recipe passed down from my grandmother. For bars just press the dough into a jelly roll pan and bake. This recipe makes a very small batch. I triple the recipe and use 1/2 cup margarine and 1 cup shortening instead of all shortening. It seems to make a softer cookie."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,018 recipes mention both. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

The recipe

1 dozen
Prep15 min
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (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. Heat the oven to 375°F (190°C).

  2. In a large bowl, beat the shortening, white sugar and brown sugar together until light and fluffy.

  3. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until smooth.

  4. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda and salt. Stir into the creamed mixture until just combined.

  5. Stir in the chopped walnuts and semisweet chocolate chips.

  6. Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto an ungreased baking sheet, spaced about 2 inches (5 cm) apart.

  7. Bake for 8 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown.

  8. Let the cookies cool on the sheet for 2 minutes, then move them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

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. Vanilla + chocolatetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,018 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

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

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

  3. Walnut + chocolatetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,548 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Sugar + chocolatetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Vanilla + walnuttop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,730 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 walnut

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

  1. Almondbetter flavor fit
  2. Chestnutbetter flavor fit
  3. Hazelnutbetter flavor fit
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, egg, vanilla, flour, chocolate. 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).