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Looking for Classic 4th of July Dinner Recipes? We've got you covered! From BBQ ribs and burgers to potato and pasta salad to festive cookies and pies, here we share some of our absolute favorites! The image is a college of our favorite 4th of July menu items with main dishes, sides, and desserts.

Appetizers, Desserts, Main, Salads and Sides

4th of July Dinner Recipes

These smashburgers are our family's favorite burger. They cook in 4 minutes, have an amazingly juicy patty that locks in the flavor when smashed, a flavorful crisp crust, and a fantastic sauce that tastes so good with the burger. If you haven't tried making smashburgers before, these are a must try for your next barbecue! Here the smashburger is pictured centered in the image, assembled, and placed on a cutting board with fries in the sides and foreground and burger toppings and a drink in the background.

Main

Best Smashburger Recipe

This delicious Baked Brie with Pecans and Cherry Sauce has a brown sugar coating on the brie, roasted pecans, and a sweet cherry vanilla balsamic sauce that perfectly complements the brie. We use frozen cherries to make it a year-round treat. It is one of my favorite appetizers; we love serving it with baguette slices or crackers. It is perfect served on its own or as part of a larger charcuterie board; it is both beautiful and delicious! Here the brie is plated with the cherry sauce and pecans on top of the Brie wheel and on the sides of the plate. The background pictures pecans, crackers, cherries, and sliced baguettes.

Appetizers

Baked Brie with Pecans and Cherry Sauce

These Fruit Pizza Cookies with Berries have a sugar cookie base, cream cheese frosting, and an assortment of berries as a decorative topping. Decorating the cookies is fun for kids and adults alike, it's a great group or family activity, and a perfect 4th of July or summer treat. Here the cookies are displayed on a cooling rack, frosted and decorated with different patterns of berries with a linen and container of berries on the sides of the cooling rack.

Desserts

Fruit Pizza Cookies with Berries

This Vegetable Macaroni Salad is a favorite side for family barbecues and potlucks. Made with a creamy mayo dressing and filled with olives, cucumbers, celery, tomatoes, dill pickles, green onions, and pimientos, this flavor-packed pasta salad has a perfect blend of crispness from the veggies and creaminess from the dressing. Here the image is close up on the serving bowl filled with the macaroni salad, ready to serve.

Salads and Sides

Vegetable Macaroni Salad

This Old-Fashioned Blueberry Cobbler has a tender buttermilk cake-like topping with a delicious, thick, and rich blueberry filling. We love the sprinkle of sugar on the slightly crisp top of the crust. This comforting dessert is a classic summer favorite and is always accompanied at our house with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Here the cobbler is plated as an individual serving in the main center part of the frame with blueberries and other plates of cobbler in the background.

Desserts

Old-Fashioned Blueberry Cobbler

This Potato Salad with Dill Pickles is a favorite side dish for summer barbecuing. The salad has a creamy mayo based dressing mixed with red potatoes, celery, green onions, dill pickles, and hard-boiled eggs. It gets a flavor boost with a little Greek seasoning in the dressing and a dill and paprika garnish. Here the potato salad is featured in a serving bowl with dill, pickles and green onions on the side and background, all of which are ingredients in the salad or as a garnish.

Salads and Sides

Potato Salad with Dill Pickles

This Strawberry Glazed Pie is a favorite summer tradition. Fresh strawberries, generously piled into a homemade or store-bought crust, combined with a sweetened fresh strawberry glaze, topped with a generous dollop of whipped cream, make the ultimate summer dessert. Here the pie is pictured in an overhead shot of the whole pie, filled and ready to serve.

Desserts

Strawberry Glazed Pie

These Baby Back Barbecue Ribs have a delicious smoky rub and a sweet barbecue glaze. Baked in the oven and finished in the grill or broiler, they are tender every time and are a year-round favorite. Here the ribs are pictured just after baking in the oven in the pan with the barbecue glaze being brushed on top.

Main

Baby Back Barbecue Ribs

This Cream Cheese and Strawberry Pie has a graham cracker crust, a no-bake cream cheese filling, and a sweet homemade strawberry pie topping. It is an easy dessert, perfect for the summer holidays, and is a favorite at family gatherings. Here the whole pie is at the center of the image, prepared to serve, with the the focal point on the strawberry filling.

Desserts

Cream Cheese and Strawberry Pie

This Cherry and Cream Cheese Pie has a graham cracker crust, a no-bake cream cheese filling, and a sweet cherry pie topping. It is an easy dessert, perfect for the summer and winter, and is a favorite at family gatherings. In the image, the pie is cut into with the cut side facing the camera so the viewer sees the inside filling and crust with the cherry topping slightly spilling over the edge.

Desserts

Cherry and Cream Cheese Pie

This Barbecue Ranch Chicken Salad with juicy barbecue chicken, smoky bacon, seasoned black beans, corn, tomatoes, creamy avocado, and onions is a delicious, filling main dish salad. Topped with homemade ranch dressing and a drizzle of barbecue sauce, it is a family favorite that kids and adults enjoy. Here the salad is arranged in a large bowl surrounded by additional ingredients from the salad, and ranch and barbecue dressing.

Main, Salads

Barbecue Ranch Chicken Salad