Category:American Desserts

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In the most cases, the American desserts are simple and light. After all, the dessert should be digested with ease. In the United States people enjoy to consume sweets that range from chocolate to pies and cakes with various fillings.

Some of the recipes are not American, but gain popularity very fast. As a proof, there is the fortune cookie, at first made by the Asians and now very popular, due to the American-Chinese cuisine.

A very popular dessert is the pumpkin pie, which is related to Thanksgiving Day. It is also one of the eldest desserts, as it has Native American roots. Another traditional dessert is the Cranberry pudding, which is usually made for Christmas meals.

The Americans have diversified their recipes. One of their favorite desserts is the ice-cream with various flavors and different toppings.

An ingredient that is used in many recipes is the rice. There are puddings, such as Almond rice pudding with apricot sauce and creamy rice pudding, parfaits, like cranberry swirl rice parfait, as well as tarts and crisps, such as brown rice peach crisp or rice tart. But these are only a few desserts made of rice. People proved to be very inventive in this domain.

The apple cake is very appreciated in the United States. It knows many variations and is made of different kinds of apples that give it various flavors. The brownies, the muffins and the fudge have an important role among the American desserts. The existence of so many desserts shows once again how complex the American cuisine really is.