We are officially kicking off summer this Memorial Day long weekend which means bring on all the summery desserts! If you are wondering what desserts to serve after an epic Memorial Day BBQ or picnic, we have got you covered. We are sharing over 30 of the best Memorial Day desserts including frozen treats, fruity desserts, sweet pies and cakes, and warm and gooey cookies.
Best Memorial Day Desserts
Summery classic blueberry pie is made with the perfect flaky pie crust, a jammy blueberry filling with a hint of lemon, and sealed with a lattice top.
Classic Strawberry Shortcake is a small, layered cake featuring fluffy crumbly biscuits, a fresh strawberry filling, and homemade whipped cream.
Homemade strawberry popsicles are healthy, refreshing, and sweet. Made with just 4 ingredients, they're packed with fresh strawberries and no refined sugar.
No bake banana pudding parfaits are creamy, delicious, and sweet, with layers of homemade vanilla pudding, freshly sliced bananas, and wafer cookies.
No bake blackberry cheesecake is light, smooth, creamy, and delicious, with a buttery graham cracker crust, cheesecake layer, and blackberry mousse on top.
No Churn Vanilla Ice Cream - recipe coming soon!
There's truly nothing like a homemade Funnel Cake: a crispy jumble of crispy vanilla-tinged batter fried and topped with a powdered sugar, and served warm.
Perfectly creamy and tart with a buttery graham cracker crust, this easy Key Lime Pie is a classic for a reason. You won't need another pie recipe again!
Homemade strawberry frozen yogurt is a delicious, refreshing, healthy dessert made with 4 simple ingredients, no refined sugar, and in less than 5 minutes.
S'mores Bars are a delicious twist on the classic campfire dessert with delicious layers of graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows.
Easy lemon blueberry bread with lemon glaze is soft, moist, and delicious. This quick bread with fresh blueberries and lemon is the perfect summer dessert.
Strawberry Cupcakes are made with real strawberries in both the tender cake batter and the creamy strawberry buttercream frosting. A picture-perfect treat!
This no bake Crepe Cake is soft, decadent, and easy to make, with over 20 thin layers of crepes nestled between a berry mascarpone whipped cream filling.
Homemade Lemon Curd is rich, creamy, sweet, and tangy. This delicious fruit curd is easy to make with just 6 simple ingredients and a few basic steps.
Fresh strawberry pie is a delicious, summer dessert loaded with juicy strawberries and homemade strawberry glaze with no jello, in a flakey pie crust. The best summer dessert idea.
Baked Jelly Donuts with Strawberry Jam
These melt-in-your-mouth, homemade baked jelly donuts, coated in sugar and filled with sweet strawberry jam, are so soft, fluffy, spongy and airy.
Blueberry crisp with a sweet blueberry filling and a buttery, crispy oat topping, is a delicious, fruity treat that's ready in just 45 minutes.
This 3-ingredient Strawberry Sorbet is a refreshing, healthy, vegan, and gluten-free frozen treat to enjoy on a hot day. Plus, no ice cream maker required!
Chocolate Whoopie Pies are a classic American dessert made with two cake-like chocolate cookies sandwiched together with a creamy marshmallow filling.
White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
This White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake is so decadent, made with a creamy white chocolate cheesecake batter swirled with homemade raspberry sauce.
Blueberry oat squares are sweet, buttery, and delicious, with three mouthwatering layers. With just 15 minutes of prep, they are the perfect treat.
Lemon Meringue Pie made with delicate peaks of golden-brown meringue, creamy and tart lemon curd filling, and flaky pie crust is the best homemade pie ever!
Rice Krispies Treats are a classic dessert loved by all. These chewy, crunchy, sticky-sweet treats are easy to make from scratch using just 3 ingredients!
Blueberry buckle cake is soft and moist, loaded with fresh blueberries, and has a crunchy, sweet and buttery streusel topping. It's the best coffee cake.
Easier than pie, this strawberry galette with a buttery flaky crust and a sweet and tart strawberry filling is a beautiful treat to serve this berry season.
S'mores Cookies are chewy, gooey, and nostalgic, loaded with marshmallows, chocolate, and Graham crackers - and no campfire required. Quick and easy too!
Lemon Bundt Cake with a sweet vanilla glaze is light, fluffy, and moist with a perfect golden brown crumb and made with real lemons.
Strawberry Cobbler made with sweet, gooey strawberries and light, fluffy cakey batter is an easy summer dessert to make from scratch with 10 minutes prep.
Coconut macaroons are crispy on the outside with a soft and chewy center. Dip or drizzle with chocolate for an even more delicious flavor combo.
Sweet and sour Lemon Curd Cookies are made of buttery shortbread thumbprint cookies dusted with powdered sugar, and filled with sweet and tangy lemon curd.
Summery and fruity, classic cherry pie has the most flakey and buttery pie crust on the bottom and top and is filled with a delicious cherry-packed filling.
More Summer Recipes
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- 60+ Summer Dinner Ideas
- 50 Easy Summer Appetizers
- Easy Summer Grilling Recipes
- 30 Best Potluck Recipes
- 40 Best Summer Desserts
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30 Memorial Day Desserts
- Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Yield: 1 (9-inch) pie 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
We are officially kicking off summer this Memorial Day long weekend which means bring on all the summery desserts! If you are wondering what desserts to serve after an epic Memorial Day BBQ or picnic, we have got you covered. We are sharing over 30 of the best Memorial Day desserts including frozen treats, fruity desserts, sweet pies and cakes, and warm and gooey cookies. One of my favorite Memorial Day dessert recipes is this classic Blueberry Pie.
Ingredients
Pie Dough:
- 2 ½ cups (325 grams) all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, cold and cubed into ½-inch pieces
- 7 tablespoons ice cold water
Pie Filling:
- 2 pounds blueberries (6 cups)
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice, freshly-squeezed
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest (or orange zest)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 egg, beaten (for egg wash)
For serving:
Instructions
Make the pastry dough:
- In a food processor, add flour, sugar, salt and cubed butter. Pulse mix on and off for 1 minute, until the flour mixture turns into a small breadcrumb-like consistency.
- Drizzle ice water into the mixture (ice water is the key here). Close the lid and continue to pulse mix on and off for another 1 minute. If you squeeze the crumbs together and they stick together, that means the crumbs are good to go.
- Transfer the dough (crumb-like) into a large ziploc bag and squeeze with your hands to bring all the loose crumbs together until it turns into a nice and smooth dough ball.
- Divide the dough ball in half and flatten to form 2 equal discs. Wrap the discs separately in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Assemble the pie:
- In a large mixing bowl, combine blueberries, flour, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and cinnamon and mix together. Set aside for assembling.
- Unwrap each dough disc and place in between 2 pieces of parchment paper or plastic wrap. Roll each dough disc into 12-inch circle using a rolling pin.
- Transfer the first dough disc onto a 9-inch pie pan and gently press down to form into the bottom pie crust.
- Slowly pour the blueberry mixture into the dough-lined pie pan and use a spatula to spread them evenly across.
Create the lattice top:
- Slice the second dough circle into 10 strips, measuring 1-inch wide. Save the dough scraps to the side.
- Place 5 strips of dough on top of the blueberry filling, evenly placed 1-inch apart (make sure to use the longer strips in the centre and shorter strips for the edges).
- Fold back the 2nd and 4th strip halfway and place the longest strip in the centre, perpendicular to the first 5 strips. Place the 2nd and 4th strip back over that long strip.
- Fold back the 1st and 3rd and 5th strip halfway and place a slightly shorter strip 1-inch away. Place the 1st and 3rd and 5th strip back over the shorter strip.
- Continue adding and alternating strips to complete the lattice top crust.
- Press edges together and crimp with your fingers to seal. You can place the scraps along the edge and pinch them into the edges to seal.
- Gently brush the egg wash over the lattice crust and edges. If your oven is not ready at this point, store the assembled pie in the fridge to prevent the pie crust from disintegrating (the butter in the dough melts quickly at room temperature).
Bake the pie:
- Preheat the oven to 375 F.
- Transfer the blueberry pie pan into the oven and bake for 50 minutes until the top crust is golden brown.
- Leave the blueberry pie in the pan at room temperature for 1 hour before serving.
- Serve a slice of blueberry pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Chill Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
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