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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

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

We love the ease and flavor of these Oven Barbecue Chicken Wings. The seasoned wings bake in the oven and then finish with an easy glaze of barbecue sauce with a touch of honey. They are the perfect crowd-pleasing wings for your next Game Day or gathering and are a family favorite. Here the wings are served on a plate with a side of ranch dressing.

Appetizers, Main

Oven Barbecue Chicken Wings

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Breakfast and Breads

These Blueberry Buttermilk muffins are soft, sweet, and bursting with blueberries. The buttermilk in the muffins gives them an extra light and tender texture, and a touch of lemon zest and vanilla adds to the flavor with the blueberries. These muffins are a delicious treat for breakfast or brunch, or they make a favorite afternoon snack. Here the muffins are pictured cooking on a circular cooling rack with blueberries and orange juice in the background

Breakfast and Breads

Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins

This Broccoli and Bacon Quiche is a breakfast favorite. The flaky crust, creamy custard, and bacon, broccoli, and cheddar cheese filling is rich, incredibly flavorful, and one of the best breakfast treats you can have. This is a perfect dish for a holiday brunch or a special weekend breakfast. In the picture, the quiche is pictured in the center with the first piece of the quiche being removed with a pie server and plates and juice in the background.

Breakfast and Breads

Broccoli and Bacon Quiche

This Bacon and Spinach Quiche is a breakfast favorite. The flaky crust, creamy custard, and bacon, spinach, cheese, and onion filling is rich, incredibly flavorful, and one of the best breakfast treats you can have. This is a perfect dish for a holiday brunch or a special weekend breakfast. Here a slice of quiche is pictured plated, with a fork in the center of the first bite. The quiche and another plated piece are in the background.

Breakfast and Breads

Spinach Bacon Quiche

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Desserts

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 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 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

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Main

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.

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Best Smashburger Recipe

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

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Pasta

This Creamy Fettuccine Alfredo with Shrimp is a classic recipe with cream, Parmesan, butter, garlic, and shrimp. Here the Creamy Fettuccine Alfredo with Shrimp is served in a large bowl with tongs in the middle ready to serve the pasta.

Main, Pasta

Creamy Fettuccine Alfredo with Shrimp

This easy Italian Sausage and Broccoli Pasta is a delicious weeknight meal on the table in 30 minutes. The sausage and broccoli cook in a flavorful light sauce seasoned with garlic, oregano, olive oil, chicken broth and cream. The pasta comes together with the addition of Parmesan cheese. Here the pasta is presented in a large serving bowl surrounded by ingredients used to make the dish including garlic, broccoli, salt and pepper, and Parmesan cheese accompanied with some fresh bread.

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Italian Sausage and Broccoli Pasta

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Salads

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.

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Barbecue Ranch Chicken Salad

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Salads and Sides

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

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 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

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Soups

This Homemade Chicken and Dumpling soup is a flavorful, comforting soup, perfect for a rainy day or when sickness hits at home. The dumplings are like drop biscuits, they are easy to make and come together in a few minutes before cooking in the soup. My favorite thing about this soup is the delicious, thickened broth that results from the dumplings cooking in the soup. This has been a family favorite for years. Here the soup is pictured served in two soup bowls with a linen, spoons, and a spring of rosemary.

Main, Soups

Homemade Chicken and Dumpling Soup

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