Famous Michigan Recipes

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Famous Michigan Recipes include fudge, cherry hand pies, Detroit-style pizza, pasties, Superman ice cream, olive burgers, and fried white fish. These popular recipes will remind you of the best part of being in Michigan.

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Michigan is known as the center of the automotive industry. It also has a thriving fishing trade. Additionally, it boasts the largest freshwater coast in the United States. Moreover, it offers local varieties of fruits.

These 10 food categories include three recipes each from notable professional chefs and home chefs with the recipe testing and dish development done for you. All you need to do is enjoy the wonderful combinations that make these dishes uniquely Massachusetts.

Mackinac Island Fudge 

This tiny island in the Great Lakes makes fudge from a 100-year-old recipe and is reputedly the best in the United States. These recipes are delicious Mackinac Island copycats.  

• Mackinac Island Fudge 
• Mackinac Fudge Recipe: How to Make It
• Almond Joy Fudge, Mackinac Island Style

Cherry Hand Pies 

These flaky folded pies are stuffed with cherry pie filling and baked until golden brown. They’re easy to hold, eat, and all-around amazing!  

• Cherry Hand Pies 
• Cherry Hand Pies From Scratch 
• Simple Cherry Pastry Pies

Detroit Pizza

This thick, cheesy, and crusty pizza is made in a tall-sided pan and baked until golden and delicious. 

• Detroit-Style Pan Pizza Recipe 
• Detroit Style Pizza 
• Detroit Style Pizza – The pizza you never knew you needed

Pasties 

These hand-held pastries are filled with ground beef or chopped steak, potatoes, onions, rutabagas. They are savory little pockets perfect for lunch and famous Michigan recipes.

• Upper Peninsula Pasties Recipe: How to Make It
• Authentic Cornish Pasty Recipe 
• The Perfect Traditional Cornish Pasty Recipe

Apple Cider Donuts  

People often bake donuts made with apple cider. You can easily make them at home. These cakey rounds are perfect with a cup of coffee.

• Baked Apple Cider Donuts 
• Apple Cider Donuts 
• How to Make the Best Apple Cider Doughnuts at Home

Sliders 

These small sandwiches or cheeseburgers are melty, savory, and are the perfect appetizer for the table or a set of three for a meal for one person. 

• Ham and Cheese Sliders 
• Best Cheeseburger Sliders Recipe 
• Cheeseburger Sliders (Easy, 30-min Recipe)

Paczkis

These stuffed doughnuts are filled with jam, custard, or lemon curd and are topped with powdered sugar. They’re easy to make and even easier to eat! 

• Traditional Polish Paczki (Doughnuts) Recipe 
• Authentic Polish Paczki Recipe 
• Paczki (Polish Donuts) 

Superman Ice Cream 

Bright and colorful vanilla ice cream dyed the three colors of Superman’s outfit: red, yellow, and blue served in a cup or cone. This no-churn ice cream is perfect for a hot summer day. 

• Superman Ice Cream (Michigan’s Favorite Ice Cream Flavor) 
• Superman Ice Cream 
• Superman Ice Cream Recipe! | No Churn!

Olive Burger 

These juicy burgers are topped with an olive mixture filled with green olives, mayonnaise, and mustard. These are famous Michigan recipes. 

• Mom’s Favorite Olive Burgers 
• Olive Burgers Recipe 
• 3-Ingredient Olive Sauce

Fried Whiting Fish 

Seasoned and coated in cornmeal, these whiting fish are pan-fried and served crispy and golden with a side of coleslaw. 

• Easy Fried Fish Fillet Recipe 
• Southern Pan Fried Fish 
• Pan Fried Whiting Fish Recipe

More Michigan Resources

• Interesting Facts about Michigan State 
• Michigan Crafts for Kids
• Kid-Friendly Things To Do In The United States
• Things to do on Mackinac Island

Recipes from Other States:

• Famous Massachusetts Foods
• Maryland Famous Recipes
• Famous Minnesota Recipes
• Iconic Illinois Foods

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