Best Blueberry Recipes | 10 Summer Berry Favorites

With late summer comes one of our favorite summer fruits—wild blueberries! Small and juicy, blueberries are delicious plain or sprinkled onto cereal or oatmeal, but we also love them made into warm muffins, tempting pie, or as a sweet addition to a stack of buttermilk pancakes. Whether you pick your own or stock up at the market, we’ve got plenty of ways for you to use up this year’s fresh blueberries. That is, if you don’t eat them all first! Read on for a list of our favorite blueberry recipes.

Best Blueberry Recipes

Blueberry Pound Cake

Easy and elegant, this blueberry pound cake is studded with wild Maine blueberries tossed in cinnamon and sugar, then topped with a sweet glaze.

Best Blueberry Muffins

A popular Yankee old-fashioned blueberry muffin recipe that we’ve made even better. Is it our best blueberry muffin recipe yet? Try them yourself and let us know!

Blueberry Sherbet

Blueberry sherbet makes a refreshing finish to many meals when a heavier dessert might seem too filling. This creamy recipe is easy to concoct from fresh or frozen berries.

Blueberry Boy Bait

It’s rumored that this recipe for blueberry coffee cake can help a woman snag the man of her choosing. We’ve updated the recipe to make it a tad healthier, and it still receives rave reviews, making it one of our most popular blueberry recipes to date.

Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes

Some blueberry recipes are worth celebrating all year long. These blueberry pancakes are not only delicious and the perfect Sunday morning treat, but with a tremendous lift and a wonderfully fluffy texture, they’re also relatively low in fat.

Mary Blenk’s Maine Wild-Blueberry Pie

This award-winning wild-blueberry pie recipe is juicy, not runny, the berries sweet (yet just a bit tart), the crust flaky and light: everything a blueberry pie should be.

No-Bake Blueberry Bread Pudding

An easy recipe for chilled blueberry bread pudding that makes the perfect refreshing summer dessert topped with fresh whipped cream.

Blueberry Crisp with Oatmeal Topping

This recipe for blueberry crisp with oatmeal topping practically melts in your mouth. Top with a dollop of homemade whipped cream for a dessert that’s simply divine.

Blueberry Quick Bread

One of our all-time favorite blueberry recipes, this versatile blueberry quick bread recipe can be doubled or halved with ease and made with different nuts or fruits. Why not make one loaf for you and one to give to a friend or freeze for later?

Blueberry & Nectarine Open-Face Tart

This tart is simplicity itself: crust, jam, and fruit. It’s also completely delicious. Over the years, we’ve tried many methods for making a perfect piecrust, and this one—mixing the ingredients by hand in a single bowl—produces the best results with the least fuss. Which blueberry recipes are your favorite? This post was first published in 2016 and has been updated. 

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