Like a materialistic lover, pie filling doesn't play nice unless you fork over a lot of dough and give it some sugar. Have a slice with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of baked goods and café fare at Bakery Express and Ms. Desserts in Halethorpe.

The patisserie pros at Bakery Express and Ms. Desserts adorn their café menu with a cornucopia of deli sandwiches and fresh baked goods. Select a morning donut from a selection of freshly baked flavors, including glazed, peanut butter and jelly, s'mores, sour cream, and more ($0.75 each, $3.25 for half-dozen, $6.25 for one dozen) or opt for a hearty portion of oatmeal which, like a chef at culinary school graduation, is anointed with cranberry, brown sugar, and walnuts ($2.79). Come noontime, the reuben bridges two slices of toasted rye with hot corned beef, turkey, or pastrami and sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and thousand island dressing ($6.99). Meanwhile, the Powerhouse hoists cucumbers, sprouts, and cheese atop whole-wheat bread ($5.25). Bakery Express and Ms. Desserts also flaunts cases that brim with baked goods from Ms. Desserts; celebrate small accomplishments with a cake slice or reward gifted children by letting them arrange cookies into hyperbolic knots.