Wild blackberry season means it’s time to get baking. We have rounded up our favourite Blackberry recipes for you to try. This berry is one of our favourites and delights the tastebuds. Better still you can forage wild blackberries or brambles for free here in the UK.
The blackberry season is here in the UK. Wild blackberries (brambles) grow all over the country and start to appear in July and August around the summer holidays. However, depending on weather and location, early September through to early October is often peak season for us as we are based in the NE of England.
We are huge fans of blackberries here and I grew up brambling (picking the freely available blackberries off the bushes on walks) with my parents and have passed it on to my children. There have been many a walk when they have come home with stained hands and faces!
- Don’t wash blackberries until you’re ready to use them. I place them in a colander and dip them into a bowl of cold water and gently swirl them around. To dry lay your blackberries on a cloth or paper towel. Once clean, you can store blackberries in an airtight container lined with a paper towel in the fridge.
Are blackberries healthy?
An 80g serving, which is about ten berries is one of your five-a-day provides:
- 20kcals/83 KJ, 0.7g protein, 0.2g fat, 4.1g carbohydrates, 3.3g fibre, 128mg potassium, 1.12mg manganese, 12mg vitamin C
Many people call blackberries a superfood. They’re high in beneficial vitamins and minerals, fibre, and antioxidants. They’re low in calories, carbs, and fat. Blackberries are also versatile and easy to add to your diet.
BlackBerry Recipes
Blackberry Breakfast Cake
Baking is just magical – combine some basic ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs and butter with those blackberries (plus a few other ingredients) together and bake in an oven and you get a mouthwatering cake like this blackberry breakfast cake.
Blackberry Clafoutis
I think that clafoutis is one of my favourite ways to eat berries and this blackberry clafoutis is a quick dessert to make and best served warm or at room temperature.
Blackberry Oatmeal Cookies
My husband loves oatmeal cookies and these cookies are sweet enough to balance out the tartness of the blackberries – they are a brilliant combination and moreish!
Blackberry Cobler
If you are looking for a traditional blackberry cobbler recipe then I don’t think you can beat the Pioneer Woman Blackberry cobbler. It has only 4 ingredients – butter, sugar, self-rising flour, milk, and blackberries… that’s it! My family love this with served with vanilla ice cream.
Blackberry Turnovers
If you have been foraging with the kids then blackberry turnovers are a fun and easy make to cook with them. You make a simple jam with blackberries (frozen works well for this), sugar, water, lemon juice, salt and corn flour and wrap it in ready-made puff pastry. These are cooked in the oven but we made ours in the air fryer.
Blackberry Cheesecake Bars
What makes these blackberry cheesecake bars perfect for my family is the size of them. my teenagers would happily eat a whole cheesecake in one go. These bars are the perfect portion size and look amazing as well as tasting great.
Blackberry Pie
I am a big fan of blackberry pies with a lattice top, I think they just allow the filling to cook better and to be less runny. Sometimes simple is best especially when you have a great crop of blackberries.
Peach and Blackberry Pie
Now I was raised on peach and blackberry pie. We used to holiday in the South West and East of England and my mum always came home with a box of British peaches and they were the perfect compliment to blackberries. I can’t eat this pie without falling straight back into that time and this version has the same braided pie crust my mum used to do!
Blackberry Oat Muffins
Blackberry and oats really are a great combination and these muffins are delicious. Having tried these I can tell you the addition of oats was a big hit in our house. We have a basic failsafe muffin recipe that works great for berries (we used raspberry). Muffins are perfect for using frozen berries if you don’t have fresh blackberries.
Apple and Blackberry Crumble
Now to one of the recipes, we all grew up with a Crumble. Again one that my mum made and we would eat with lashings of custard. I am going to let you in on a little secret, my mum swore by adding Weatabix to the crumble topping. There is a secret ingredient in this recipe too. I think a crumble is a lot like a blackberry crisp, but feel free to tell me if I have that wrong!
Blackberry Lemon Bars
Have you ever had a lemon bar before? (my Australian friend introduced me to them). Well, these Blackberry Lemon Bars take those up a notch!
No banana Blackberry Smoothie
A brilliant smoothie recipe for everyone who isn’t that keen on bananas. This Blackberry Smoothie is packed with vitamin C and so creamy and smooth.
Blackberry Danish Rolls
We love a breakfast Danish roll here – I make mean biscoff ones that have an overnight rise in the fridge. These Blackberry Danish rolls add a lovely berry bite to the sweetness.
Blackberry Jalapeno Jam
If you have a glut of blackberries then this Blackberry Jam is a taste sensation with the addition of jalapenos. It is an amazing addition to a seasonal cheeseboard or served with game.
4 Ingredient Blackberry Scones
I love a simple recipe that works and that is exactly what this scone recipe is and does. There is no running of butter and flour here (which is great for me as I have hot hands).
Blackberry Pound Cake
Whilst we are looking at simple but delicious, this Blackberry pound cake is both. Is is the perfect seasonal cake tin bake. There is a reason it is a classic!
Roasted Blackberry Earl Grey Cupcakes
Now these Roasted Blackberry Earl Grey Cupcakes are more sophisticated taste and are perfect for afternoon tea. Not only do they look delightful, they taste it too.
Blackberry Ice Cream
This blackberry ice cream tastes delicious and is also a beautiful colour. I replicated this in my Ninja Creami and it was a taste sensation!
Blackberry Pop Tarts
I was not of the pop tart era, but my boys were obsessed with trying some after seeing them in the US and I decided to make them rather than buy them as I was concerned about the additives. These Blackberry Pop Tarts are sublime!
Blackberry Creme Brulee
Cardamon and blackberry might be my new favourite taste combination. These Creme Brulees are spot on.
Do you have a favourite Blackberry recipe I have missed? If so please let me know in the comments.
