15 Dessert Recipes Packed with Fresh Summer Fruit

14 Dessert Recipes Packed with Fresh Summer Fruit — Simply Recipes

The warm days of summer signals ripe peaches, brightly colored berries, and other gorgeous fruits of the season.

Stone fruits, like nectarines, apricots, peaches and plums ripen throughout the season. Cherries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and berries of all type brighten farmers market tables. Watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, and melons of all varieties carry us through the late season. And certain citrus, like lemons and limes have their second season in summer.

Here are guides to tell you what produce is in season in June, July, and August so you can cook with fresh produce all summer long.

The hot weather and farm-fresh abundance are perfect excuses to take those fruits and turn them into delicious desserts.

Think baked cobblers, fruity pies, tarts and cakes fresh out of the oven. If you don’t want to turn on the oven, you can also make ice cream, mousse, parfaits, and other no-bake sweets. Whatever you decide, you can have the perfect ending to a celebratory picnic, barbecue with friends or just an everyday celebration!

No Churn Peach Cobbler Ice Cream

Marta Rivera

No ice cream maker? No problem! This easy-to-make peach ice cream just requires soft ripe peaches, heavy cream, and just 20 minutes of mixing. The hardest part is finding the patience to wait for it to freeze.

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Plum Cobbler

Elise Bauer

Don't let the season pass you by without making this easy and delicious Plum Cobbler recipe. It's a sweet and slightly tart cobbler made with Santa Rosa plums, orange zest, a dash of cinnamon, and a biscuit-like cobbler topping. You'll want to make this dessert all summer long.

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Summer Peaches with Baked Meringue

Sally Vargas

This recipe is great if you’re feeling too lazy to make a pie but still want a gorgeous dessert to end a summer party. You can easily substitute fresh apricots, plums, nectarines or whatever fresh stone fruit happens to be available. The gorgeous meringue on top gives the illusion that you took all day to make the recipe (don’t worry we won’t tell).

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Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles

Sally Vargas

Healthy, cool and delicious? Yes, please! This recipe is perfect for the kid in all of us! These DIY popsicles are the perfect refreshing finish to a lazy summer day. Made with plain yogurt, you can substitute any ripe summer fruit in place of the strawberries in this recipe.

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Apricot Cherry Galette

Elise Bauer

Galettes are so easy to make and require so much less fuss than pie making. This rustic tart gets filled with apricots and cherries that are sweetened with lemon zest and vanilla extract. You don't need much to make a delicious dessert when fresh summer fruits are the star.

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Blackberry Cobbler

Elise Bauer

Too many berries and no time to bake a pie? Make this easy cobbler instead! The recipe calls for four cups of blackberries, but you can easily substitute, strawberries, blueberries or even chopped stone fruits, like peaches or plums. It comes together in just 30 minutes!

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Cherry Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips

Elise Bauer

Sure, adding chocolate to cherry ice cream might be gilding the lily, but let’s fancy up the beautiful, sweet cherries with some dark chocolate for fun. This no-fuss recipe combines pitted cherries, sugar, cream, and bittersweet chocolate with a splash of Amaretto or cherry liqueur, if your heart desires, to make a spectacular dessert.

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Old-Fashioned Peach Pie

Cindy Rahe and Elise Bauer

Nothing beats a classic peach pie to signal the start of summer. Our recipe features a lattice-topped crust, but you can easily make it with a simple crust if your short on time.

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Pavlova with Raspberry Sauce

Elise Bauer

Pavlova, a delicate meringue dessert made from fluffy egg whites named after a Russian ballerina, is the prefect light dessert after a backyard barbecue. Made with pretty simple ingredients, you can top pavlova with any kind of fresh berry in season.

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Peach Galette

Elise Bauer

A galette is a beautiful way to showcase those summer peaches, without a lot of fuss. It combines all of the flavors and textures of a pie without all of the work. If you’re really short on time, you can even use a store-bought pie crust, but don’t let anyone know!

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Strawberry Shortcake

Elise Bauer

Homemade strawberry shortcake is easier than you think! This quick recipe combines, fresh berries macerated in sugar and homemade biscuits all topped with a fresh whipped cream. What’s not to love?

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Easy Panna Cotta

Sally Vargas

A perfect make-ahead dessert for any celebration, this easy-to-make panna cotta can be served with any fresh summer fruit. The recipe calls for berries (red, white, and blue for a Fourth of July celebration), but peaches, plums or stone fruits work as fine substitutes.

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Strawberry Mousse with White Chocolate

Sally Vargas

This is the perfect make-ahead dessert to wow your dinner party guests with. It all comes together with a handful of ingredients—berries, white chocolate, heavy cream, powder sugar, lemon juice, and unflavored gelatin. You’ll want to make it a day ahead to let the mousse chill overnight.

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Berry and Banana Terrine

Elise Bauer

Looking for a quick beautiful dessert that doesn’t require you to turn on the stove? Then this colorful terrine is perfect for you! Made with white grape juice and gelatin, this dessert only takes 20 minutes to make. But you’ll want to prepare it in the morning or the night before, since you need at least 3 hours for it to set.

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Plum Walnut Skillet Cake

Sally Vargas

Got a couple of minutes and a food processor? This earthy, summery plum cake is the quick and easy dessert for you!

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