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Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies, Aka "The Nora Ephron"

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies, Aka "The Nora Ephron"

Why it works: Peanut and oats work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 368 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies, Aka "The Nora Ephron"

Makes about 24 sandwich cookies (3 inches in diameter)

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1126Calories
33 gProtein
40 gFat
158 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Peanut + oatstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together368 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Honey + oatstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together634 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the peanut

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

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Flaxseedfits better
  3. Pecansfits about as well
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, butter, sugar, honey, flour, oats, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.