American recipes - 83 recipes
Our American foodies over the United States sure do have some wonderful and creative recipes up their sleeves. American cuisine is often difficult to define as it is quite diverse and often adapts and roots itself where people enjoy it, such as 'Gumbo' in New Orleans.
However, there are some foods that are generally associated with American food such as; hot dogs, burgers and red velvet cupcake .
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American Brownies

Details
servings 6
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 10
Cooking time 15
Cost Budget Friendly
- 250g cooking chocolate
- 1 sachet of vanilla sugar
- 150g butter
- 3 eggs
- 150g sugar
- 60g of flour
- salt
Melt the chocolate, broken into pieces with the butter
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Rockin' Rocky Road

By christytam96
1) Melt the butter, chocolate and syrup in a heavy based saucepan
- 110g soft unsalted butter, plus 1 tbsp
- 290g plain chocolate, broken into pieces
- 60ml golden syrup
- 230g plain hard and crunchy biscuits
- 450g mini marshmallows
Fluffy American pancakes

By Nikytta
These pancakes are light and fluffy and great for a weekend brunch
- 135g/4¾oz plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 130ml/4½fl oz milk
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 2 tbsp melted butter (allowed to cool slightly) or olive oil, plus extra for cooking
Black Velvet cakes

By kellyscarlett
Black velvet baby cakes
- 100g softened butter, plus extra for greasing
- 175g light brown soft sugar
- 1 egg
- 100g self-raising flour
- 50g ground almonds
- 5 tbsp cocoa
- 150ml Guinness
- For the cream
- 200ml double cream
- 25g icing sugar
- Splash Champagne (optional!)
Mini chocolate banana cakes

By Angélique du blog Palais des Lys
Mix the eggs with sugar until the mixture whitens
- 150g flour
- 2 eggs
- 80g sugar
- 1 ripe banana
- 70 ml neutral flavoured oil
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 100g dark chocolate
- 1 pinch of salt
Chestnut cream cheesecake

By MiYa's Cupcakes du blog MiYa ou les Coquetteries gourmandes
Crush the biscuits into fine crumbs
- 250g biscuit
- 100g butter
- 500g Ricotta
- 2 eggs
- 120g thick crème fraîche
- 60g caster sugar
- 80g chestnut cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Pancakes

By Mathilde , blog Mathile en cuisine
In a bowl (or processor bowl) beat the eggs then add the sugar and salt
- For 20-24 pancakes:
- 250 g flour
- 25 cl of milk
- 40 g of sugar (brown if possible)
- 2 tablespoons melted butter (about 20/25 g)
- 1 sachet of baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 2 eggs
Sweet tooth? Try this.

By Mattspence95
This tasty snack will have you jumping off the walls
- 1 doughnut
- 1 bag of green gummy worms
- 4 finger kit kat
- 1 wagon wheel
- Strawberry jam
- 1 egg
- Milk
Mum's Chips

By ArijMroue
Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside
- 1kg of Marie Piper potatoes
- Vegetable oil
- Big pinch of salt
Fluffy american pancakes

By Cazj80
Light, fluffy pancakes that you can add fruit, spices or chocolate to
- 135g self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 130ml milk
- 1 large egg
- 2 tbsp melted butter or olive oil, plus extra for cooking
Vegan cheesecake

Crush the biscuits and mix with the oil
- For the base:
- Speculoos + 3 tbsp oil
- For the mix:
- 100g firm tofu (I have not used the second time, but I added 1 teaspoon arrowroot)
- 400g silken tofu
- 1 tin of coconut milk
- 1 tsp of agar agar
- 2 tbsp soya milk powder (or any other powdered milk)
- 1 teaspoon arrowroot
- 5 tbsp coconut oil
- 3 tbsp rice flour
- 4 tbsp sugar + 2 tbsp agave syrup
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Banana cake in the microwave
- 75g soft butter
- 4 small ripe bananas.
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- 2 eggs
- 150g flour
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- 1 teaspoon baking powder
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Pumpkin pie
- Pastry:
- - 125g of flour
- - 60g butter
- - 1 yolk
- - 1 cup of water
- Filling:
- - 150g of pumpkin puree
- - 35g of cream
- - 1 egg
- - Cinnamon
- - Cloves
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- - Salt
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Uncle Herb's Beef Jerky
- 1 C brown sugar
- 1/2 C pickling salt
- 1/2 C soy sauce
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 capful liquid hickory smoke
- 4 or 5 steaks
- water
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Pancakes in maple syrup
- 280g flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
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- 4 tbsp melted butter
- Maple syrup
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AMERICAN BREAKFAST PANCAKES
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 2 large eggs (beaten)
- 30g butter (melted and cooled)
- 300 ml milk
- 225g plain flour
- butter for frying
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Quick Peanut Butter and Chocolate...
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 45 g butter (3 Tbsp)
- 240 g Saltine crackers (in the UK use Dorianos from Sainsburys)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 340 g smooth peanut butter
- 200 g dark chocolate broken into small pieces (use semi sweet or milk chocolate if making for younger palates)
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Simple Chocolate Brownies
- 200g dark chocolate
- 175g unsalted butter
- 325g caster sugar
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Walnut brownies
- 200 g dark cooking chocolate
- 200 g butter
- 200 g sugar
- 4 eggs
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S'mores Dip
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1 1/4 cup mini marshmallows
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Delicious cheesecake
- Cheesecake base:
- 2 cups biscuit crumbs
- 50g sugar
- 115g melted butter
- Cheese cake batter:
- 1kg cream cheese
- 200g sugar
- 30g self-raising flour
- 5 eggs
- 80ml heavy cream
- 1 tp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- Toppings:
- 240ml sour cream
- 2tbsp sugar
- 1tp vanilla extract
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ultimate makeover: Burgers
- 400g lean beef mince (10% fat), preferably organic
- 5 spring onions, finely chopped
- 140g finely grated carrots
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp chopped tarragon
- 1 medium egg, beaten
- 4 wholemeal bread rolls, split in half
- 1½ tsp rapeseed oil, for brushing
- 25g watercress
- For the roasted pepper salsa
- 2 large red peppers halved lengthways and deseeded
- 100g cherry or baby plum tomatoes, halved
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 2 tsp snipped chives
- ¼ very small red onion, thinly sliced
- pinch crushed chillies
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No Spread Cookie Dough!
- 2 1/2 cups unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- seeds from 1 vanilla bean (or 3 tsp vanilla)
- 5 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder (*take this out if you don’t want your cookies to spread)
- 1 tsp salt
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