Flaky puff pastry rings filled with sweet preserves

A US army recipe from 1946 made with corned beef and just a hint of spices

Gingerbread cookies with a wonderfully complex spice mixture

A delicious baked pudding of cornmeal, molasses, and milk served with whipped cream

Surprisingly delicious custard-like pie that you can customize with whatever flavors you like

Delicious, slightly sweet cabbage, onion, and dill filling surrounded by a soft, buttery bread

Mooncakes made with a flaky pastry and rich, slightly sweet seed and nut filling

Apple pie with rose water and mace, which is delicious but has some confounding instructions

Delicious mashed apples and pears with raisins, figs, and spices in a hot water crust

Apricots wrapped in a soft cheese-based dough with a crunchy exterior of breadcrumbs, sugar, cinnamon, and butter

A very interesting, very large loaf of bread that tastes rather plain at first, then the flavor and heat of the ginger slowly kicks in afterward

Super smooth filling that’s lime-forward but not too tart with meringue and a graham cracker crust

Victorian boiled pudding with currants, suet, and cinnamon, served with a simple butter and brown sugar sauce

Dense but flavorful cornbread perfect for eating with Chuck Wagon Beans on a cattle drive

A dense and wonderfully flavorful pound cake made with nutmeg and brandy

A delicious dessert of chopped up souffle-like pancake with plum compote as Kaiser Franz Joseph I would have enjoyed it

Medieval fried pastries with a filling of figs, apples, raisins, nuts, and spices

Essentially a spiral-shaped version of globi, this simple two-ingredient batter is fried and topped with honey and poppyseeds

Date and pistachio filling wrapped in pastry, just one of many possible recreations of an ancient Mesopotamian treat

Very dry and dense sugarless ration-friendly cake made with chestnut flour, lemon, and yeast