With Pluma Moos, the ingredients are simple: fruit, sugar, spices, vanilla, and water— and there's ample room for variation. Use fresh produce for the market, frozen fruit or a mix. Note, the fruit with large seeds, like blackberries, will require additional time for straining. More

Bumpy Cake is a Detroit tradition. This moist, dark chocolate cake has a sweet layer of buttercream topped with a fudgy, almost caramelly chocolate frosting. It's ideal for chocolate lovers, and though it has three separate components that require freezer cooling to obtain picture perfect results, it's well worth the effort. More

This easy sugar and cream pie has an inviting sweetness and custard-like consistency. More

Where most lemon pies are single crusted affairs, this pie is double crusted with a thick, sweet lemon filling that's similar to the pudding-like innards of a Lemon Meringue. Once the pie is baked and cooled, its top is covered with what amounts to chocolate frosting. More

Adapted from Beatrice Harlib's 1952 Pillsbury Bakeoff Grand Prize-winning recipe, this version adds cinnamon and ginger for a lightly spiced take on a traditional butter cookie. The original recipe calls for semi-sweet chocolate chips, which will do in a pinch, but for serious chocolate lovers, I find using the best quality dark chocolate you can get is always a worthy substitution. More

While you can make fried scones from refrigerated or frozen yeast roll dough, making them from scratch doesn't require that much more effort. Sprinkle them with powdered sugar or better yet, drizzle them with a cinnamony browned honey butter. More

A twist on the saltine cracker candy, Matzoh Crack offers a great dessert base to get creative with flavors. More

A little sweet and a little savory, this bread pudding makes a lovely brunch dish or dessert. More

Minty Grasshopper pie filling layered with whipped cream and a Thin Mint cookie crust. More

Lighter and airier than their street food cousins, these zeppole are a must for St. Joseph's Day celebrations in Italian American communities. More