9 Blueberry Recipes: What to Make With Blueberries

Blueberries are round, sweet, and small blue fruits that are sources of carbohydrates, vitamin C, and other nutrients. You can eat them on their own, but they also serve as a key ingredient in many breakfast pastries and desserts.

In North America, these summery snacks are available at farmers’ markets and grocery stores throughout the middle months of the year, roughly April to September. Surpluses and imports from other parts of the world might keep them available year-round. Additionally, you can find both regular blueberries and wild blueberries (a smaller version of the same fruit) at many stores.

Chefs regularly pair blueberries with a few common ingredients, especially in dessert recipes.

1. 1. All-purpose flour: When you throw your blueberries into a baking dish, odds are you’ve already combined them with some sort of flour-based batter. All-purpose flour serves as the basis for many sweet treats. You can also use alternatives like whole wheat flour for a shortbread blueberry pie crust or opt for a more gluten-free recipe, too.
2. 2. Baking powder: Many blueberry dessert recipes require baking powder to achieve their trademark texture and taste. For instance, you can expect to use either this ingredient or baking soda for a blueberry crumble topping.
3. 3. Butter: From pastries to breakfast dishes, this ingredient adds a buttery texture to your blueberry recipes. Bake the fruits into buttermilk blueberry pancakes, golden-brown French toast or fluffy waffles. Then add more blueberries, melted butter, and maple syrup on top.
4. 4. Cream: Plan to have dairy in general and cream in particular in your kitchen for baking blueberry cheesecake and other similar dishes. A blueberry dish often pairs well with a side scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream. Try your blueberries with sour cream to widen the overall flavor profile of a dish.
5. 5. Nuts: Use pecans, walnuts, and other nuts to create crispy crumb toppings for your blueberry recipes. You can combine them with other crunchy ingredients for more texture, too. For example, you could also include chia seeds, oat granola, and graham crackers alongside the nuts in a blueberry crisp recipe.
6. 6. Other fresh berries: Chefs often serve blueberry entrées alongside other fruits and berries. Whether you’re preparing a parfait or a pastry, a blueberry smoothie, or a strudel, add some blackberries, cranberries, and raspberries for good measure.
7. 7. Sugar: Blueberries are naturally sweet, but they benefit from an additional kick of sweetness from white or brown sugar. Use either type of sugar, depending on your preference, for a blueberry pie recipe.

Blueberries can add their juicy sweetness to a variety of delectable treats.

1. 1. Blueberry cobbler: This juicy blueberry dessert recipe pairs a sweet biscuit topping with a warm blueberry filling—similar to blueberry pie but without a crust. Learn how to prepare this blueberry cobbler recipe, which comes together in less than an hour.
2. 2. Blueberry cornbread: Add some blueberries to this Thanksgiving staple for a unique take on a traditional treat, or tweak the basic ingredients to make cornbread blueberry scones. Try making this blueberry cornbread recipe.
3. 3. Blueberry curd: Serve this easy blueberry sauce recipe as a side, a condiment, or a blueberry filling for some kind of pastry. Put your summer blueberries to good use with this curd recipe.
4. 4. Blueberry galette: Use either fresh or frozen berries and just enough pie crust to line the bottom and sides of this fruit dessert. You’ll leave the top exposed to show the fruits themselves. Learn how to make a blueberry galette.
5. 5. Blueberry jam: Use blueberries to make a jam for sandwiches and sweet blueberry pie filling alike. Leave it a little thicker to craft blueberry compote instead. Follow this jam recipe to make your own.
6. 6. Blueberry muffins: Add a streusel topping to blueberry muffins for an extra-sweet breakfast food or sugary snack. Use this customizable, easy muffin recipe to craft your own delicious blueberry muffins.
7. 7. Blueberry pound cake: When you’re looking for an easy alternative to coffee cake, try blueberry pound cake. Explore other options, too: Maybe you can add multiple tiers to make this into a layer cake, for instance. Learn how to make a fresh blueberry cake.
8. 8. Blueberry tart: This summer dessert combines fresh berries with a pastry crust and lemon curd for an explosion of flavor. Serve this classic blueberry tart recipe with a side of vanilla ice cream for extra decadence.
9. 9. Glazed lemon blueberry bread: If you like foods that are both sweet and sour, pair the sweetness of blueberries with the sour taste of lemon zest in this glazed lemon blueberry bread recipe. You could also swap out lime for lemon juice for some variety.

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