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Barbecue, diner classics and a great tradition of baking. 1666 American recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.

Casseroles, Southern dishes and the cooking of every region sit here alongside the diner food. American recipes often give cups; here the quantities are metric first, and where they convert, the unit switch on the recipe shows US measures.

The 1,666 recipes cover all ten of the site’s categories, among them 471 dinners, 244 bakes, 199 desserts, 160 appetisers and small plates, 150 breakfasts and 144 lunches. Of these, 587 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Appletini (3 min), Banana Milkshake (3 min) and Banana Smoothie (3 min). For 481, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 1,318 easy, 326 medium and 22 hard.

As written, 907 are vegetarian, 177 vegan, 587 gluten-free and 471 dairy-free. Another 39 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
20m
Cook
12m
Serves
24
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Baking

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown butter, a 24-hour rest and two sizes of chocolate produce cookies with crisp edges, a chewy middle and pools…

25–73 hr · Easy
Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

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
Classic Smash Cheeseburger
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
15m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Classic Smash Cheeseburger

A smash burger with lace-edged, deeply browned patties, American cheese melted to the edges and a soft toasted bun…

25 min · Easy
Fudgy Cocoa Brownies
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Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
16
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Desserts

Fudgy Cocoa Brownies

Cocoa-based brownies with a paper-thin crackly top and a dense, fudgy middle. No chocolate to melt, no mixer needed…

3.5 hr · Easy
One-Bowl Banana Bread
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Prep
15m
Cook
60m
Serves
10
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Baking

One-Bowl Banana Bread

One bowl, one whisk, and the darkest bananas you can find. Browning the butter first adds a nutty depth that turns…

2.5 hr · Easy
New York Cheesecake
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
75m
Serves
12
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Desserts

New York Cheesecake

Dense, tall and creamy with a faint tang, on a buttery biscuit base. The water bath and a slow cool in the…

11 hr+ · Medium
Baked Mac and Cheese
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Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Baked Mac and Cheese

A baked macaroni cheese with a proper béchamel, three cheeses and a buttered breadcrumb top. Evaporated milk and a…

45 min · Easy
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
40m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Baking

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls

Soft, tall rolls made with a tangzhong starter that keeps them pillowy for days, filled with cinnamon-butter and…

11–12 hr+ · Medium
Deep-Dish Apple Pie
American
Prep
45m
Cook
60m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Deep-Dish Apple Pie

A deep-dish pie with a properly crisp bottom crust and apples that hold their shape. Pre-cooking the filling is the…

8 hr+ · Medium
Carolina Pulled Pork
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
25m
Cook
360m
Serves
10
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Dinner

Carolina Pulled Pork

Pork shoulder rubbed and cooked low for six hours until it pulls apart in strands, dressed the Carolina way with a…

11 hr · Medium
Buffalo Wings
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Prep
15m
Cook
70m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Buffalo Wings

The Anchor Bar original, baked rather than fried using a baking powder trick that makes the skin crackle like it…

5.5 hr · Easy
Southern Fried Chicken
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
25m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Southern Fried Chicken

Buttermilk-brined chicken in a craggy, well-seasoned crust, fried in a cast-iron skillet. The double dredge and a…

5.5–25.5 hr · Medium
Molten Chocolate Lava Cake
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Prep
15m
Cook
13m
Serves
4
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Desserts

Molten Chocolate Lava Cake

Individual chocolate cakes with a liquid centre, from oven to table in twenty minutes. The whole trick is pulling…

28 min · Easy
Artisan Sourdough Bread
American
Prep
60m
Cook
45m
Serves
8
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Bread

Artisan Sourdough Bread

An open-crumb country loaf with a blistered, mahogany crust and a genuine tang. Long autolyse, gentle handling and a…

22–28 hr · Hard
Hearty Beef Stew
American
Prep
25m
Cook
210m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Hearty Beef Stew

Chuck browned properly, then braised low with red wine, stock and root vegetables until the meat gives way under a…

4 hr · Easy
Caesar Salad
American
Prep
20m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Caesar Salad

The original Tijuana Caesar: whole romaine leaves, a dressing built on egg yolk, anchovy and garlic, and croutons…

30 min · Easy
Texas Smoked Brisket
American
Prep
30m
Cook
600m
Serves
12
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Dinner

Texas Smoked Brisket

Salt, pepper and twelve hours of smoke. Central Texas brisket asks for almost no ingredients and almost total…

12.5 hr · Hard
Brioche French Toast
American
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

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
Chicken Noodle Soup
American
Prep
15m
Cook
95m
Serves
6
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Healthy

Chicken Noodle Soup

Built from a whole chicken so the broth carries real body, with the noodles cooked separately so they never turn to…

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

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
BBQ Baby Back Ribs
American
Prep
20m
Cook
180m
Serves
4
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Dinner

BBQ Baby Back Ribs

Oven-baked ribs with a dry rub, a low three-hour cook and a final glaze under the grill. No smoker needed, and the…

4 hr · Medium
Chicken Pot Pie
AmericanEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
65m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken and vegetables in a velvety sauce under an all-butter pastry lid that shatters when you break through it…

2.5–3 hr+ · Medium
Bakery-Style Blueberry Muffins
American
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Baking

Bakery-Style Blueberry Muffins

Tall domed muffins with a crunchy sugar top and berries that stay suspended rather than sinking. The high-then-low…

55 min · Easy
Buffalo Chicken Dip
AmericanFeatured
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Appetizers

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Shredded chicken, cream cheese, ranch and hot sauce baked until bubbling. Invented in Buffalo, adopted by every…

35 min · Easy
Skillet Grilled Cheese
American
Prep
5m
Cook
8m
Serves
2
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Quick Meals

Skillet Grilled Cheese

Mayonnaise on the outside instead of butter, two cheeses for flavour and melt, and eight minutes over patient…

13 min · Easy
Vanilla Cupcakes
American
Prep
20m
Cook
20m
Serves
12
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Baking

Vanilla Cupcakes

Light vanilla cupcakes with a flat-ish top for frosting, made by the reverse-creaming method that coats the flour in…

40 min · Easy
Philly Cheesesteak
American
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Philly Cheesesteak

Thinly shaved ribeye, sweated onions and melted cheese crammed into a soft hoagie roll. The debate over Cheez Whiz…

75 min · Easy
Eggs Benedict
American
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

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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Breakfast

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
Red Velvet Cake
American
Prep
30m
Cook
30m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Red Velvet Cake

A tender buttermilk cake with a whisper of cocoa, a tang from vinegar and buttermilk, and a proper cream cheese…

3.5 hr · Medium
Crisp Belgian-Style Waffles
American
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Breakfast

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
Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts
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Prep
40m
Cook
15m
Serves
12
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Baking

Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts

Yeasted doughnuts fried until they wear a pale band around the middle, then rolled straight into cinnamon sugar…

3–3.5 hr · Medium
Spiced Carrot Cake
American
Prep
25m
Cook
40m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Spiced Carrot Cake

A properly spiced carrot cake, moist from oil and crushed pineapple, with walnuts for bite and a tangy cream cheese…

110 min+ · Easy
Classic Pumpkin Pie
American
Prep
25m
Cook
75m
Serves
8
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Holiday Specials

Classic Pumpkin Pie

A silky custard pie with proper spice and a blind-baked base that stays crisp. Cooking the purée down first…

7–7.5 hr · Easy
Snickerdoodles
American
Prep
20m
Cook
12m
Serves
24
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Baking

Snickerdoodles

Soft, cracked sugar cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar, with a distinctive tang from cream of tartar. Without the…

62 min · Easy
Buttermilk Biscuits
American
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
10
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Bread

Buttermilk Biscuits

Tall, flaky Southern biscuits that pull apart in layers, made with cold butter, buttermilk and as little handling as…

35 min · Easy
Deviled Eggs
American
Prep
20m
Cook
10m
Serves
12
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Appetizers

Deviled Eggs

Hard-boiled eggs halved, the yolks whipped smooth with mayonnaise and mustard and piped back in. The most reliably…

60 min · Easy
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
American
Prep
20m
Cook
25m
Serves
6
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Breakfast

Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

Flaky buttermilk biscuits split open under a peppery sausage gravy. A Southern breakfast built on cheap ingredients…

45 min · Medium
Peanut Butter Cookies
American
Prep
15m
Cook
12m
Serves
24
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Baking

Peanut Butter Cookies

Dense, sandy peanut butter cookies with the fork-crosshatch pressed into the top. That pattern is not decoration —…

87 min · Easy
Herb-Butter Roast Turkey
American
Prep
40m
Cook
210m
Serves
12
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Holiday Specials

Herb-Butter Roast Turkey

A dry-brined, herb-buttered turkey that comes out with crisp skin and breast meat that is actually juicy…

29–53 hr · Medium
Louisiana Jambalaya
American
Prep
20m
Cook
45m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Louisiana Jambalaya

Louisiana rice cooked in one pot with the holy trinity, andouille sausage, chicken and prawns. The Creole version…

65 min · Easy
New York Bagels
American
Prep
45m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Bread

New York Bagels

Boiled then baked, with a chewy interior and a glossy, blistered crust. The malt in the boiling water and the…

14.5–21 hr · Medium
Pecan Pie
American
Prep
25m
Cook
75m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Pecan Pie

A dense, chewy custard of eggs, syrup and butter under a layer of toasted pecans, in a blind-baked shell…

7–7.5 hr · Medium
The Perfect BLT
American
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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Lunch

The Perfect BLT

Three ingredients, no room for error: bacon fried to the exact point of crispness, tomatoes salted and drained, and…

20 min · Easy
Shrimp and Grits
American
Prep
15m
Cook
55m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Shrimp and Grits

Lowcountry breakfast turned into dinner: prawns in a bacon and stock pan sauce over grits cooked slowly with cream…

70–75 min · Easy
Creamy Tomato Soup
American
Prep
10m
Cook
45m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Creamy Tomato Soup

Roasting the tomatoes first concentrates them into something far deeper than a stovetop soup, and a splash of cream…

55–65 min · Easy
Skillet Cornbread
American
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Bread

Skillet Cornbread

Batter poured into a screaming hot skillet of bacon fat, which sets a crust the instant it hits. The Southern style…

50 min · Easy
Key Lime Pie
American
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Key Lime Pie

Sharp, silky lime custard in a buttery graham crust, set by nothing but the chemical reaction between lime juice and…

4.5 hr+ · Easy

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