blackberry

Fresh blackberries are the star player in this sweet, tangy and smoky homemade blackberry bbq sauce! Slather this barbecue sauce on smoked ribs, pork chops, or chicken for a simple and flavorful combination that screams country summer days. One thing you might not know about me is that I’m a pretty outdoorsy kind of gal. I love hiking and foraging for morel mushrooms, wild black raspberries, blackberries or any other fruit that you can find in the rural Midwest. I…

Blackberry bread for breakfast. Blackberry bread for a snack. Blackberry bread for dessert. This easy berry filled quick bread is great any time of day! Have you ever ended up with such a huge haul of fresh berries that you thought to yourself, What am I going to do with all of these? Isn’t that a great problem to have?  I go pick wild blackberries every year and am constantly trying out new recipes to use them in. That’s why…

Simple ingredients, stunning results. You won’t believe how easy this blackberries and cream pie is to make, nor the creamy and decadent pie that you’ll get in return for so little work. This recipe will make it straight to your keeper file the first time you make it! That’s what happened to me.  I picked so many blackberries this year. I’ve been trying out a ton of  fun new blackberry recipes to share with you, but this pie has been…

Tender and flaky scones are studded with sweet tart blackberries and topped with a rich cream cheese glaze for a winning combination. I’ll have you know, I already wrote a post about these blackberry cream cheese scones once. But when I was done writing, I read the post and I realized that when it comes to blackberries I have a tendency to say the same thing. My husband loves them. Well you know what? The heck with that.  Yes, he…

This blackberry monkey bread is straight over the top amazing. It’s so easy that a child could make it and so good you’ll be trying to convince your kids they don’t like blackberries so they’ll leave more for you! Think soft pull apart biscuit pieces smothered in gooey, sweet and buttery blackberry syrup, with juicy bites of blackberries hidden inside. Would you think I was a nerd if I told you that sometimes when a new recipe that I’ve been…

If anyone ever bakes you anything with wild blackberries, you should know that it was a labor of love! Picking wild blackberries is a sweaty, buggy job and you usually don’t come out unscathed. Most of the time I get several scratches in the process and a bit of a sunburn. My two youngest boys and I picked these berries the other day, luckily none of us ended up with poison ivy like I did last time. Poison ivy is…