Why it works: Biscuit and molasses work together. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 51 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Molasses Taps
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the dough as you would for biscuits, omitting the shortening.
Cut the dough into your preferred shapes.
Fry the shapes in hot lard, similar to making doughnuts.
Boil the molasses until it thickens.
Dip the fried dough in the thickened molasses and serve hot.
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 + molassestop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together51 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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