The Best of Season: 10 Old-Fashioned Summer Recipes
It’s hard to believe that the end of summer is near, and soon we will all be relishing in the new season of crisp mornings, sweet apple cider, and pumpkins! This year, you all really enjoyed these delicious, fresh summer recipes from the blog. There were preserves galore, and the yummiest ingredients from the garden. Enjoy this round up of your favorite summer recipes from 2024.
Fresh and in season:
Even though summer is ending, there are still plenty of fresh ingredients to go around. This round up of recipes includes the top rated and clicked on recipes from the blog this summer. You can head out to your local farmer’s market or farm stand before the season ends and cook up something delicious, from sweet to savory!
Is it any surprise that tomatoes ruled the summer? This recipe has been visited by tens of thousands of people this summer. I guess everyone is really wanting to preserve that sweet tomato goodness for winter. In this canning guide for tomato sauce you will learn how to properly harvest, prepare, cook, and preserve tomato sauce for your own family.
2. Summertime Sweet Corn, Peach, and Zucchini Pizza
In this recipe, delicious sweet corn, peaches, and zucchini create a beautiful garden-fresh pizza combination! These sweet summer ingredients may not be your typical pizza toppings, but they pair together beautifully for a sweet and savory flavor that is packed full of freshness. Paired with bright herbs, gooey mozzarella cheese, and a little spicy red pepper kick, this is sure to be your new favorite summer dinner.
3. Classic Peach Jam: Recipe & Canning Guide
It’s late summer in Iowa when the peaches are ready for picking! To preserve the delicious sweet flavor of fresh, ripe peaches I love to make them into a jam. This old-fashioned peach jam recipe is simple and easy, and it doesn’t have pectin. In this canning guide, you can learn how to capture the essence of summer in a jar by preserving sweet summer peaches in jars all winter long.
4. Wild Blueberry Ricotta Sweet Buns: Slavic-Inspired Vatruschka Buns
Delicious soft and sweet yeasted bread filled with a wild blueberry sauce and ricotta cheese or quark. You don’t have to forage for wild blueberries to make these delicious Slavic-inspired Vatrushka Buns, but you can certainly romanticize yourself wandering through an enchanted wood as you enjoy each delicious bite!
5. Peach-Filled Cinnamon Rolls
Deliciously soft and gooey cinnamon rolls are filled with juicy fresh peaches - an ode to the end of summer! These sweet rolls are the perfect way to use up your peach harvest for a sweet breakfast or afternoon treat.
6. Steak Sandwich with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms and Garlic Dill Spread
Are you ready for a pretty stellar sandwich? I wanted to try making a medieval style steak sandwich, though I am not sure I necessarily achieved that. However, this sandwich came out in the end, and I absolutely loved it. The pairing of delicious balsamic vinegar and brown sugar on the steaks with the caramelized onions and mushrooms is just delicious. This recipe is filled with fresh herbs for a powerful flavor impact, gooey provolone cheese, and fresh arugula all on a yummy baguette.
7. Old-Fashioned Brown Sugar Peach Cobbler
This wonderfully cozy cobbler is filled sweet late summer peaches in a gooey sauce and covered in a fluffy brown sugar biscuit-like topping. It tastes just like grandma made it!
8. Corn and Cherry Tomato Salsa: Canning Recipe
Looking for a dessert recipe that’s sure to impress mom? This Frangipane Tart recipe seems complicated, but it’s actually rather simple to make! This dessert is not commonly made (at least not here in the US), so this would truly wow the crowd at a Mother’s Day brunch or luncheon!
9. Churned Mulberry Ice Cream
If you love making homemade ice cream, then you will love this incredibly easy summer frozen dessert recipe! This Mulberry Ice Cream recipe is sweet and creamy, made with fresh mulberries and the simplest ingredients. Mulberries are a wonderful foraged fruit harvested in the summer months that are high in antioxidants. They are also an incredible plant dye, turning this ice cream bright purple naturally!
10. Bramble Patch Blackberry Pie
This old-fashioned blackberry pie is a delicious summer dessert recipe to make. Made with simple ingredients like fresh blackberries, sugar, butter, and cinnamon it's an irresistible classic. This super juicy blackberry pie has an irresistible flaky crust. It is the perfect easy dessert that bakes up about an hour. I love serving this pie with my homemade Blackberry Shrub, a 19th-century sweet drink made with fresh blackberries and vinegar!
Please enjoy these whimsical and enchanting summer recipes to share with the people you love before the season is over!
xoxo Kayla
