Simple but delicious cranberry and apple pie filling in a wonderfully buttery crust

Delicious, lightly sweet biscuits with distinct honey flavor

A simple and tasty ancient Roman cheesecake sweetened with honey and sprinkled with poppy seeds

Surprisingly delicious yeasted cake with spices and raisins

Croissants from before they got their flaky, buttery layers. A lovely, soft bread

Cookies with pieces of Baby Ruth candy bars. What’s not to like?

A not-too-sweet tart that tastes like a vanilla cookie with jam with a meringue topping

Biscuit-like cakes with dried currants, perfect for snacking on at a party

Gooey, fudgy brownies with walnuts that are dense without being heavy with a crackly top

Simple scones that are best used as a vessel for clotted cream

Flavorful, multigrain pita-like flatbread recreated from findings at Viking funeral sites

Delicious bread pudding made from crisp flatbread, pistachios, almonds, sultanas, spices, and rose water

One of the best things I’ve made, period. The filling is like concentrated strawberries and the texture is smooth and light, all in a buttery crust

Pie made with hardtack (clack clack) and a potato crust that actually tastes like apple pie

Biscuits topped with salt pork milk gravy

Dense, flavorful, boiled-then-baked bread recreated from the tomb of Ramses III

Surprisingly tasty but simple cornmeal cakes fried in bacon grease

Rich yeasted waffles with lots of nutmeg and a buttery wine sauce. Definitely a dessert and not for breakfast

Delicious buns with caraway and a topping of glaze and crunchy sugar

Dense, heavily spiced fruitcake with the flavor of a plum pudding