I have had the opposite problem moving from Europe to the US. Maybe this cookbook will help - I used to make all kinds of American baked goods from this cook book (when I was still living in Europe) and everything turned out great - even my American husband loved it: http://www.amazon.de/American-Cookies-Karlene-T-Stecher/dp/3806819408/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263918301&sr=8-3 It's just typically American recipes like brownies, coffee cakes, carrot cakes and muffins but it's adapted for the German/Austrian market so you might like it.