American comfort food cooking
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American Recipes

American comfort food recipes by Simply by Maha: Nashville hot chicken, loaded sides, cookies, brownies, and crowd-pleasing weeknight dinners.

From Nashville hot chicken to bakery-style cookies, these are the indulgent American classics, made approachable for the home kitchen.

Recipes

Every American recipe

Garlic Butter Cheesesteak SlidersDinner
Garlic Butter Cheesesteak Sliders

These garlic butter cheesesteak sliders are such a good easy dinner or party food. They’re made with buttery rolls, seasoned shaved steak, sautéed onions and peppers, garlic mayo, melty provolone, and a garlic butter topping that makes them even better once baked.

40 minAmerican
Creamy Cajun Chicken PastaDinner
Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta

This creamy Cajun chicken pasta is rich, comforting, and packed with flavor. It has juicy seasoned chicken, tender rigatoni, and a creamy Cajun-style sauce with peppers, onion, garlic, spinach, and parmesan. It feels like a restaurant-style dinner but is so easy to make at home.

50 minAmerican
Buffalo Chicken WrapsDinner
Buffalo Chicken Wraps

These buffalo chicken wraps are spicy, crispy, creamy, and so satisfying. Made with crispy chicken, homemade coleslaw, buffalo sauce, parmesan, and wrapped in a large tortilla, they’re such an easy lunch or dinner idea — especially with sweet potato fries on the side.

60 minAmerican
Parmesan Truffle FriesAppetizers
Parmesan Truffle Fries

These parmesan truffle fries are crispy, savory, and so easy to make at home. Tossed with freshly grated parmesan, truffle oil, and parsley, then served with garlic aioli, they feel restaurant-style with barely any effort.

20 minAmerican
Double Chocolate Chip CookiesDessert
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

These double chocolate chip cookies are rich, soft, and full of chocolate in every bite. They have a deep chocolate flavour from the cocoa powder, lots of semisweet chocolate chips, and bake up perfectly thick after chilling.

30 minAmerican
Creamy Spinach Stuffed ChickenDinner
Creamy Spinach Stuffed Chicken

This creamy spinach stuffed chicken is such a good comfort dinner. The chicken is filled with a creamy cheesy spinach mixture, then pan-seared and finished in the oven until perfectly cooked. I love serving it with simple mashed potatoes.

70 minAmerican
Cinnamon Roll Carrot CakeDessert
Cinnamon Roll Carrot Cake

This cinnamon roll carrot cake loaf is soft, cozy, and packed with warm spice. It has a cinnamon sugar swirl all through the middle and gets topped with a rich cream cheese icing that makes it so good.

120 minAmerican
Fudgy Chocolate BrowniesDessert
Fudgy Chocolate Brownies

Nothing beats a classic chewy chocolate brownie. These fudgy brownies are rich, chocolatey, and perfectly soft in the center with melted chocolate in every bite.

45 minAmerican
Soft Batch Chocolate Chip CookiesDessert
Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies

These scoopable cookies are warm, gooey, and so easy to make. With crisp edges, a soft center, and lots of melted chocolate, they’re perfect served warm with a scoop of ice cream on the side.

30 minAmerican
Nashville Hot Mozzarella SticksSnacks
Nashville Hot Mozzarella Sticks

These Nashville hot mozzarella sticks are crispy on the outside, melty on the inside, and brushed with a spicy seasoned hot oil that makes them so good. They’re the perfect homemade version when you’re craving that restaurant-style kick at home.

40 minAmerican
Homemade Magnolia Bakery Banana PuddingDessert
Homemade Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding

This homemade banana pudding is creamy, light, and layered with fresh bananas and vanilla wafers for the perfect no-bake dessert. It’s rich, fluffy, and somehow even better after it chills.

30 minAmerican
Pistachio Chocolate Chip CookiesDessert
Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies

A classic chocolate chip cookie, with the perfect addition... Pistachio!! These chocolate chip cookies are soft, chewy, and filled with a creamy pistachio center for the perfect surprise in every bite. Finished with a pistachio drizzle on top, they’re rich, gooey, and so good.

30 minAmerican
Nashville Hot Chicken SandwichesDinner
Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwiches

The best Nashville hot chicken sandwich is the one you make at home. Crispy, flaky chicken with creamy slaw and a tangy sauce, it just hits every time.

90 minAmerican
Copycat Levain Bakery Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dessert
Copycat Levain Bakery Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie

If you love thick, chunky bakery-style cookies, these are for you. Rich chocolate cookie dough packed with peanut butter chips and baked into oversized cookies with crisp edges and a soft, gooey center.

45 minAmerican
Crispy Parmesan Roasted PotatoesAppetizers
Crispy Parmesan Roasted Potatoes

These crispy parmesan roasted potatoes are one of the best and easiest sides to make. They come out golden, flavorful, and crisp on the bottom with plenty of parmesan, and they’re so good served with a garlic aioli.

60 minAmerican
Garlic & Herb Steak Bites with Mashed PotatoesDinner
Garlic & Herb Steak Bites with Mashed Potatoes

These garlic herb steak bites with mashed potatoes are such a good easy dinner. The steak is juicy and full of flavor, the mashed potatoes are creamy, and everything comes together so well.

60 minAmerican
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip CookiesDessert
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

These brown butter chocolate chip cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with rich, buttery flavor. Browning the butter gives them that deep nutty taste, and using both semi-sweet and milk chocolate makes them extra good.

45 minAmerican