Best Strawberry Recipes | 10 Summer Berry Favorites

June has arrived, and with it, the first of one of our favorite summer fruits—strawberries! Sweet and juicy, strawberries are delicious plain or sliced onto cereal, but we also love them made into fresh strawberry preserves, baked into a tasty treat, or as the star ingredient in a cold, creamy dessert. Whether you pick your own or stock up at the market, we’ve got plenty of ways for you to use up summer’s first berries. That is, if you don’t eat them all first!

Best Strawberry Recipes | 10 Summer Berry Favorites

Easy Old-Fashioned Strawberry Preserves

This recipe for delicious homemade Strawberry Preserves calls for only three ingredients! How simple is that? Make enough to keep the sweet taste of summer strawberries in your house all year long.

Strawberry Tea Bread

A sweet tea bread that uses fresh strawberry preserves and makes three loaves, perfect for both eating and sharing. Top with butter, honey, or cream cheese for a sweet morning treat.

Bonnie Brae Strawberry Pie

A mixture of cooked and fresh berries helped make this strawberry pie a family favorite. Don’t forget the whipped cream!

Homemade Strawberry Shortcake

When fresh berries abound, who can resist the charm of a classic homemade strawberry shortcake? Let the sliced, sugared berries sit for at least an hour to get good and juicy.

Strawberry Chiffon Pie

Serve this cold, creamy, and tangy pie straight from the refrigerator on a hot day. It’s extra nice made with rich pastry dough, but you can also use a quick and easy graham cracker crust.

Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp

In this favorite fruit crisp, the familiar combination of rhubarb and fresh strawberries is baked under a light and crumbly crust. Serve warm with slightly softened vanilla ice cream spooned over the top for a truly special treat.

Aunt Gladys’ 4-Layer Strawberry Dessert

This reader-submitted recipe gets rave reviews, and we can see why. Made in a handy 9×13-inch pan, this festive and portable strawberry layer dessert is perfect for cookouts and Fourth of July parties.

Pavlova with Fresh Strawberries and Whipped Cream

Australians and New Zealanders have an on going debate about who first created this gorgeous meringue dessert crowned with whipped cream and fresh fruit. You can substitute other berries, kiwi, or mango, but we love it best with strawberries.

Classic Strawberry Ice Cream

Just strawberries, milk, cream, and eggs–a simple formula that lets the fresh berry flavor shine through in this classic recipe for strawberry ice cream. In a bowl or on a sugar cone, it’s good til the last lick.

Layered Strawberry Mold

Kids love this wiggly, layered retro favorite. The contributor says this delicious combination of strawberries and pineapple serves eight, but our tester witnessed four kids, all of them under the age of ten, devouring an entire recipe. Who can resist? This post was first published in 2016 and has been updated. 

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