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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Top Recipe
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
Top rated American recipes
Easy Peasy Cupcake Recipe For Kids
By Sophi3B
A nice and simple recipe for cupcakes to make with the kids
- 110g butter
- 3 eggs
- 110g self raising flour
- 1-2 tbsp milk
- 110g sugar
Gluten-free No-bake Banoffee Pie
By whatsfortea
A great no-bake Banoffee Pie, delicious and gluten-free!
- 1-1 1/2 Packs of gluten free biscuits (depending on size of pack and size of your serving dish).
- Optional-handful of gluten free fibre flakes
- several knobs of butter
- 3 or 4 ripe bananas
- 1 to 1 1/2 small tins of caramel flavour condensed milk (approx 350g)
- 1 large tub of whipping cream
- Chocolate sprinkles
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
Kinder Bueno Cake
By Laurapackham
Melt the chocolate with the butter
- 100g of dark chocolatek
- 1 tbsp of cocoa
- 4 eggs
- 120g sugar
- A vanilla sachet
- A baking bag
- 100g butter
- 5 cups of plain flour
- 1 box of sweetened condensed milk
- 120g of coconut
Kids Cake Pop Pops
By Laurapackham
Crumble cake into a bowl until it appears as fine crumbs
- Chocolate Cake, pre-prepared
- Chocolate Frosting
- 1 box white chocolate, 1 box dark chocolate
- Cake pop sticks
- Sprinkles
Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread
By CookiesRUs
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup water
- 3 cups white sugar
- 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsps. baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsps. salt
- 1 tsp. ground cinamon
- 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
How to make pefect American pancakes
By stezermeezers
American pancakes are thick, fluffy pancakes with a sponge, light texture
- 230 g plain flour (or self raising flour)
- 1-2 tsp baking powder (if you are using plain flour)
- 1 pinch of salt
- 300 ml milk
- 2 large eggs (free range)
- 35 grams melted butter
- 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
- Sunflower oil
Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe
By daisy3000
Satisfy your cupcake cravings with these fancy treats!
- 120g butter
- 300g white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 250ml buttermilk
- 2 tbsp red food colouring
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons bicarb soda
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 250g plain flour
- 5 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
Death by Chocolate
By Marilyn1998, Marilyn's Treats
This dessert should be called Suicide is Painless! I made this in a trifle bowl as shown, but I think I would use ...
- 1 chocolate cake mix (and ingredients to make cake)
- 1 large container cool whip
- 1 large box instant chocolate pudding mix (and milk to make pudding)
- 1 box Reese's pieces
- 1 large package Kit Kat bar
- 1 bag Mini Reese's peanut butter cups
- Chocolate Syrup
Oreo Ice Cream
By clairebanx
A smooth vanilla ice cream with chunks of delicious oreo
- 1 tub cream
- 70g sugar
- 1 Tspn vanilla essence
- 12 oreo's, crushed
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Taco Soup
- 500g mince
- 1 can kidney beans 420g, drained
- 500g bag of frozen mixed veges
- 1 jar of salsa 250g (mild or medium depending on taste)
- 1 packet of taco seasoning
- 2 heaped teaspoons beef stock powder
- 1 litre of water
- Vegetable oil
- To Serve:
- Corn chips 175g (plain or cheesy)
- 250g grated tasty cheese (cheddar)
- 250g tub of sour cream
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Chocolate caramel brownies with...
- 170g chocolate caramel (Type Nestlé)
- 2 eggs
- 120g sugar
- 100g butter
- 100g raising flour
- 15 Dime chocolates (or 2-3 Dime bars broken into pieces)
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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)
- 45ml cream (3 Tbsp)
- Flaky sea salt to sprinkle
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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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Chestnut cream cheesecake
- 250g biscuit
- 100g butter
- 500g Ricotta
- 2 eggs
- 120g thick crème fraîche
- 60g caster sugar
- 80g chestnut cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
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Pancakes
- 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
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Safe-to-lick-the-bowl Cookie Dough...
- (All in cups I'm afraid!)
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cups packed brown sugar (Light brown muscavado is preferable)
- 1-2 teaspoons vanilla, depending on your taste
- Half a teaspoon of salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons milk (or cream)
- 1 cup of either small chocolate chips or chopped up large ones (whichever type suits you. Dark, Milk, White or all three!)
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Walnut Brownies
- 200g/7oz butter, plus extra for greasing
- 175g/6oz caster sugar
- 175g/6oz soft light brown sugar
- 4 large free-range eggs
- 100g/3½oz plain flour
- 50g/1¾oz cocoa powder
- 125g/4½oz plain dark chocolate
- 125g/4½oz white chocolate
- 100g/3½oz walnuts
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Mini chocolate banana cakes
- 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
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Vegan cheesecake
- 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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Fluffy American pancakes
- 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
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New England Pumpkin Pie
- 1 tin of canned pumpkin (alternatively 2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potato)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1.5 cups evaporated milk
- 3 eggs
- 0.25 cups dark treacle
- 0.5 cups brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1.5 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 roll of short crust pastry
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