Berry-licious: D to the E to the L-I-C-I-O-U-S berry bread and pastry recipes

Juicy, sweet, flavor-bursting berries are great on their own. When berries team up with sweet breads? Nothing short of berry-licious! We’ve handpicked our favorite berry-filled, mouthwatering, dessert, pastry and bread recipes.

Strawberry Recipes

Strawberries are in peak season from April to June. These strawberry bakes include options with fresh strawberries and strawberry preserves, so you can find one to enjoy any time of the year.

1. Roasted Strawberry Bubble Bread

A bread pudding monkey bread melt-in-your-mouth fusion. Oozing with pockets of roasted strawberries under a blanket of rich vanilla bean glaze. Floral aromas will swirl through your kitchen and your taste buds – no doubt, will swirl in sensation!

2. Strawberry Brioche Tarts

We are self-proclaiming these tarts the treat of summer. The closest comparison would be a cumulus cloud bursting with a strawberry and lemon pastry cream palate.

3. Strawberry Coffee Cake

A yeasted coffee cake with strawberry preserve tucked below a crunchy cinnamon-sugar coconut topping. This coffee cake is sure to be a hit and it is incredibly easy to achieve! Just mix the dough, sprinkle with the topping, let it rise, bake, and enjoy!

Raspberry Recipes

Raspberries are in season from June to August and deserve to be enjoyed in decadent breakfast dishes! These raspberry bakes are eager to grace your breakfast table.

4. Raspberry Swirl Sweet Rolls

If you think the photo looks delicious, just wait until you sink your teeth into these juicy, sweet, and slightly tart pillows we call sweet rolls. Oh, and cream cheese icing? This recipe may just cure your sweet tooth for good. Check out our tutorial on how to make these raspberry swirl sweet rolls.

5. Raspberry Almond Coffee Cake

A luscious, yeasted coffee cake coveting a fresh raspberry filling and glazed with a gorgeous raspberry-almond icing that quite literally puts the icing on the cake.

6. Raspberry Coconut Sweet Rolls

Sweet and tart meets creamy and nutty in these jam-filled sweet rolls. The filling consists of fresh raspberries and Chambord – a black raspberry liqueur, and a coconut glaze drizzles atop these breakfast treats.

Blueberry Recipes

Blueberries are in season from June to August, with variations depending on your location. These breads, Danishes and buns elevate the humble blueberry.

7. Blueberry Cream Cheese Challah

Berries and cream cheese spiral throughout this braided challah that doubles as a centerpiece. Topped with sliced almonds for a wonderful textural contrast, this loaf should be your next brunch staple.

8. Blueberry Ginger Danishes

Sinful little Danishes nestled with a blueberry-ginger filling for a balance of sweetness with a subtle kick. Did we mention that this recipe is vegan?

9. Blueberry Glazed Breakfast Buns

A summery twist on classic sweet rolls – as gooey as a Hallmark card rolled up with a sweet cream cheese and blueberry filling studded with white chocolate chips. It doesn’t stop there – a vanilla blueberry jam glaze seals the deal, giving the buns an almost-lavender colored finish.

Mixed Berry Recipe

Sometimes one berry isn’t enough!

10. Blue Raspberry Laminated Brioche Buns

Juicy spirals of croissant-like brioche buns filled with sweet fruity goodness at every turn. Lemon sugar slips into pockets of fresh blueberries as a raspberry jam glaze seeps throughout.

We hope these berry breakfast and dessert recipes inspire you to a fruitful summer of baking. Find more summer baking inspiration with 10 summer cookout-approved baking recipes.