Best Blueberry Recipes | 10 Summer Berry Favorites
Fresh blueberries are one of summer’s greatest pleasures. Here are 10 of our best blueberry recipes, from pound cake to pancakes.
By Yankee Magazine|Jul 25 2022|
Blueberry Cream Pie with Gingersnap Crust
Photo Credit: Styled and photographed by Liz NeilyWith 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.
Photo Credit : Stacey Cramp
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?
Photo Credit : Styled and photographed by Liz Neily
Blueberry Cream Pie with Gingersnap Crust
Loosely inspired by the famous wild blueberry cream pie served at Helen’s Restaurant in Machias, Maine, this pie gets its twist from a firm, glossy base of fully cooked fruit—with some cloves, cinnamon, and lemon for flavor—matched with a zingy homemade gingersnap crust.
This post was first published in 2016 and has been updated.
Don’t forget that blueberries are great for freezing too! Stock up while they are still in season and put in the freezer to be enjoyed throughout the year.
Hi Ellen, how do you recommend freezing blueberries?
The best way to freeze blueberries is by spreading them on a cookie sheet(with sides,single layer) and freezing them on the pan for several hours. Then you can put them in a freezer bag once hard. They don’t get crushed and taste great. You may have to do this in several batches if you have a lot. Clean, rinse and dry before freezing. Enjoy.
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I grew up in RI and every year during blueberry season my grandmother would make the best dessert I have ever tasted – blueberry slump. Yankee’s editors must have never tasted this delightful concoction of blueberries and sweet dumplings served with either whipped cream or vanilla ice cream or I’m sure it would have made this list. It was often served as dessert after Sunday supper at my grandmother’s house in The Valley. Later in life my kids would eat this stuff until they were “slump drunk” – although I guess it was really just a sugar high.
Bob, do you have the recipe for Blueberry Slump?
I thank you for the blueberry recipes — don’t have a favorite I just like (love) blueberries.
Have been trying to find the easy blueberry cobbler you made last week’s episode. It look – and sounded – so good – easy to fix too! Where can I find it?
Hi there. You can find the Maine Blueberry Cobbler recipe from “Weekends with Yankee” here: https://newengland.com/weekends-with-yankee-episodes/episode-201-end-line/maine-blueberry-cobbler/ Happy baking!
Recipes sounds great… Is July the best month for blueberries.
Will make the open blueberry/nectarine iron tart for dessert tonight, looks just
Yummy!! Yankee is the best!!
Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins