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American breakfast recipes

146 American breakfast recipes, in a suggested order.

These are the 146 American recipes filed under breakfast: 146 of the 324 breakfasts on the site, and 146 of its 1,633 American recipes. Of these, 98 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Mug Omelette (7 min), Cheese Omelette (8 min) and Cinnamon Toast (8 min). For 14, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 137 easy, 7 medium and 2 hard.

As written, 106 are vegetarian, 15 vegan, 49 gluten-free and 34 dairy-free. Another 8 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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American breakfasts

Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
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Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes

Tall, tender pancakes with a tangy edge and a golden, even surface. The lumps in the batter are not a mistake — they…

25 min · Easy
Brioche French Toast
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Brioche French Toast

Thick brioche soaked long enough to reach the centre, cooked slowly so the custard sets rather than scrambles. It is…

25 min · Easy
Three-Egg Omelette
American
Prep
5m
Cook
5m
Serves
1
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Three-Egg Omelette

Three eggs, butter, and about ninety seconds. The French rolled style has no colour at all and a barely-set centre…

10 min · Medium
Eggs Benedict
American
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
2
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Eggs Benedict

Poached eggs and ham on a toasted muffin under a blanket of hollandaise. The sauce is the whole game, and the…

35 min · Hard
Crispy Hash Browns
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Crispy Hash Browns

Grated potato squeezed bone dry, pressed into a pan of butter and left completely alone until a solid golden crust…

30 min · Easy
Crisp Belgian-Style Waffles
American
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Crisp Belgian-Style Waffles

Waffles with a crisp, deeply grooved shell and a light, almost hollow interior. Cornflour and whipped egg whites do…

30 min · Easy
Chicken and Waffles
American
Prep
30m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Chicken and Waffles

Buttermilk-brined fried chicken on a yeasted waffle, with hot sauce and maple syrup poured over both. Sweet, salt…

17 hr · Medium
Loaded Breakfast Burrito
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Loaded Breakfast Burrito

Soft scrambled eggs, crisp potatoes, sausage and cheese rolled tight in a griddled tortilla. Built properly it holds…

30 min · Easy
3 Ingredient Banana Pancakes
American
Prep
5m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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3 Ingredient Banana Pancakes

Mashed banana, eggs and rolled oats blended into a batter and cooked in a pan for 2 minutes a side, with no flour or…

15 min · Easy
3 Ingredient Pancakes
American
Prep
5m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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3 Ingredient Pancakes

Self-raising flour, milk and an egg whisked into a smooth batter and cooked for 2 minutes a side into fluffy pancakes.

15 min · Easy
Air Fryer Bacon
American
Prep
2m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Air Fryer Bacon

Streaky bacon cooked flat in the air fryer at 180°C, crisp and evenly browned, with no splatter and no turning…

12 min · Easy
Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
American
Prep
2m
Cook
15m
Serves
6
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Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs

Whole eggs cooked in the air fryer at 150°C with no water, then cooled in ice water. Soft, jammy or hard in eleven…

17 min · Easy
Air Fryer Hash Browns
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Air Fryer Hash Browns

Grated potato squeezed dry, shaped into patties and cooked in the air fryer until crisp and golden. Four servings in…

25 min · Easy
Almond Flour Pancakes
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Almond Flour Pancakes

Fluffy pancakes made with almond flour and eggs instead of wheat flour, cooked in butter and served with fresh…

25 min · Easy
Apple Chicken Sausage
American
Prep
15m
Cook
12m
Serves
6
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Apple Chicken Sausage

Baked chicken patties seasoned like breakfast sausage with sage, fennel and smoked paprika, with grated apple for…

27 min · Easy
Apple Cinnamon Egg White Pancakes
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
2
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Apple Cinnamon Egg White Pancakes

Fluffy pancakes lifted by whipped egg whites, with grated apple and cinnamon in the batter and no baking powder. Two…

25 min · Easy
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
American
Prep
3m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

Rolled oats simmered in milk with diced apple and cinnamon until soft and thick. Two servings in 13 minutes.

13 min · Easy
Bacon Egg and Cheese Muffin
American
Prep
5m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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Bacon Egg and Cheese Muffin

A toasted English muffin filled with crisp bacon, a soft fried egg and a slice of melted cheddar.

15 min · Easy
Bagel and Lox
American
Prep
10m
Cook
3m
Serves
2
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Bagel and Lox

A toasted bagel spread with cream cheese and layered with cured salmon, red onion, capers, tomato and dill. The New…

13 min · Easy
Baked Avocado Eggs
American
Prep
8m
Cook
16m
Serves
4
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Baked Avocado Eggs

An egg baked in the hollow of an avocado half, which sounds like a magazine idea and works because of one…

24 min · Easy
Baked Oatmeal
American
Prep
10m
Cook
35m
Serves
6
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Baked Oatmeal

Oats baked with milk, egg, banana and cinnamon into a soft, sliceable breakfast that holds together like a bread…

45 min · Easy
Banana Bread French Toast
American
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Banana Bread French Toast

Thick slices of banana bread soaked in a cinnamon custard and fried in butter, served with sliced banana and maple…

20 min · Easy
Banana Muffins
American
Prep
15m
Cook
22m
Serves
12
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Banana Muffins

Tall, domed banana muffins with a moist crumb and a sugared top, started hot for a high rise. Thirty-seven minutes.

37 min · Easy
Banana Oat Pancakes
American
Prep
10m
Cook
12m
Serves
2
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Banana Oat Pancakes

Pancakes made from oats, eggs and a very ripe banana, with no sugar, syrup or flour — soft in the middle and…

22 min · Easy
Banana Pancakes
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Banana Pancakes

Ripe banana mashed into pancake batter, which makes them sweeter and denser than plain ones. Twenty-five minutes.

25 min · Easy
Biscuits and Gravy Casserole
American
Prep
20m
Cook
40m
Serves
8
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Biscuits and Gravy Casserole

Sausage gravy poured over a dish and topped with drop biscuits, baked until the biscuits are golden and the gravy…

60 min · Easy
Breakfast Casserole
American
Prep
20m
Cook
60m
Serves
8
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Breakfast Casserole

Sausage, cheddar and cubes of bread set in a savoury custard and baked until puffed. It can be assembled the night…

80 min · Easy
Breakfast Fried Rice
American
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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Breakfast Fried Rice

Cold cooked rice fried with bacon, scrambled egg, frozen peas and spring onion.

20 min · Easy
Breakfast Pizza
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast Pizza

A ready-made pizza base topped with scrambled egg, sausage, cheese and peppers and baked until bubbling. Four…

25 min · Easy
Breakfast Sandwich
American
Prep
5m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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Breakfast Sandwich

A toasted English muffin around a soft-set egg, melted cheese and crisp bacon. Fifteen minutes, one pan.

15 min · Easy
Breakfast Sandwiches
American
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Breakfast Sandwiches

Soft rolls filled with a fried egg, crisp bacon and melted cheese, built in minutes and eaten hot.

20 min · Easy
Breakfast Sausage
American
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Breakfast Sausage

Ground pork mixed with sage, thyme, black pepper, a little cayenne and maple syrup, shaped into patties and fried…

20 min · Easy
Breakfast Skillet
American
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Breakfast Skillet

Crispy potatoes, sausage, peppers and onion cooked in one pan with eggs baked on top until the whites set and the…

35 min · Easy
Buttermilk Waffles
American
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Buttermilk Waffles

Crisp, golden waffles with a tender middle, made with buttermilk and a little melted butter and cooked in 4 to 5…

30 min · Easy
Cauliflower Hash Browns
American
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Cauliflower Hash Browns

Grated cauliflower bound with egg and Parmesan and pan-fried into crisp golden patties, in the shape of hash browns…

35 min · Easy
Chaffles
American
Prep
5m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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Chaffles

Crisp, savoury waffles made from egg, mozzarella and a spoonful of almond flour, cooked in a regular waffle iron in…

15 min · Easy
Challah French Toast
American
Prep
10m
Cook
12m
Serves
4
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Challah French Toast

Thick slices of eggy challah soaked in a cinnamon custard and fried in butter until golden outside and creamy within.

22 min · Easy
Cheese Grits
American
Prep
5m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Cheese Grits

Stone-ground grits simmered for 20 minutes in milk and water, then stirred with butter and sharp cheddar. Four…

25 min · Easy
Cheese Omelette
American
Prep
3m
Cook
5m
Serves
1
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Cheese Omelette

Three eggs beaten and cooked in butter, folded over a handful of melted cheddar. One serving in 8 minutes.

8 min · Easy
Chocolate Chip Muffins
American
Prep
15m
Cook
22m
Serves
12
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Chocolate Chip Muffins

Bakery-height domes, a crumb that tears rather than crumbles, and chocolate the whole way through instead of sunk in…

37 min · Easy
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
American
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Fluffy buttermilk pancakes studded with chocolate chips, cooked 2 minutes a side on a medium griddle.

30 min · Easy
Churro Waffles
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Churro Waffles

Light waffles rolled in cinnamon sugar while hot and served with a pot of warm chocolate sauce.

25 min · Easy
Cinnamon Egg White Waffles
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
2
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Cinnamon Egg White Waffles

Crisp, light waffles raised by whipped egg whites rather than baking powder, scented with cinnamon and served with…

25 min · Easy
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

Fluffy buttermilk-style pancakes with a ribbon of cinnamon butter swirled through each one and a cream cheese icing…

30 min · Easy
Cinnamon Toast
American
Prep
3m
Cook
5m
Serves
2
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Cinnamon Toast

Hot buttered toast sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Two servings in 8 minutes from three cupboard items.

8 min · Easy
Cornbread Waffles
American
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Cornbread Waffles

A cornmeal batter cooked in a waffle iron for 5 minutes a waffle until crisp outside and tender inside. Four…

30 min · Easy
Corned Beef Hash
American
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Corned Beef Hash

Corned beef and potato pressed into a hot pan and left alone until a crust forms. Forty minutes and one flip.

40 min · Easy
Cottage Cheese Protein Pancakes
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
2
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Cottage Cheese Protein Pancakes

Pancakes bound with cottage cheese and eggs rather than mostly flour, sweetened by nothing but a ripe banana.

25 min · Easy

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