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Desserts for Picnics

Make-ahead cakes, pies, cookies, bars and more dessert recipes to bring to the next summer picnic. Discover more dessert recipes in our summer recipe collection.

Sugar Cookie Bars With Berries — Mark Weinberg for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi

Recipes

Sugar Cookie Bars With Berries
Yossy Arefi
65 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
65
About 1 hour, plus cooling
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easy
Fruit Sandwich
Ligaya Mishan, Yudai Kanayama
357 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
357
20 minutes plus 1 hour chilling
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S’mores Brownies
Eric Kim
154 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
154
35 minutes
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easy
Key Lime Pie
Vaughn Vreeland
485 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
485
1¼ hours, plus 4 hours’ cooling and chilling
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Lemon Zucchini Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
49 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
49
1½ hours, plus cooling
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easy
Strawberry Sumac Cake
Nicole Taylor
360 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
360
1 hour 15 minutes
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S’mores Layer Cake
Yossy Arefi
32 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
32
3 3/4 hours
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Butter Mochi
Genevieve Ko
2545 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,545
2 hours, plus cooling
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Berries and Cream Sheet Cake
Yossy Arefi
699 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
699
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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easy
Peach Poundcake
Jerrelle Guy
3058 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,058
2 hours, plus cooling
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Tart
Melissa Clark
590 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
590
1 hour 15 minutes
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Cream Cheese Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
284 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
284
About 1 hour, plus cooling
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easy
Lemon Raspberry Cornmeal Cake
Yossy Arefi
644 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
644
1 hour, plus cooling
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Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
1066 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,066
1 hour, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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easy
Strawberry Pretzel Bars
Millie Peartree
337 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
337
45 minutes, plus 4 to 6 hours’ chilling
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easy
Fresh Strawberry Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
2314 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,314
About 2 hours, plus cooling
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Chewy Peanut Butter-Marshmallow Bars
Lidey Heuck
218 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
218
20 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Strawberry Galette
Naz Deravian
672 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
672
1 to 1½ hours, plus chilling and resting
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Fruit Salad
Ali Slagle
469 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
469
20 minutes
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easy
Pistachio Halvah Rice Krispies Treats
Lisa Donovan, Miro Uskokovic
174 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
174
About 2 1/2 hours
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Strawberry Poke Cake
Priya Krishna, April Anderson
389 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
389
1 hour 45 minutes, plus chilling
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Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies
Krysten Chambrot
8324 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,324
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Rice Krispies Treats
Scott Loitsch
2172 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,172
20 minutes, plus cooling
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easy
Vanilla Bundt Cake
Yossy Arefi
355 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
355
2 hours
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easy
Butter Cake With Peaches
Samantha Seneviratne
668 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
668
1 1/2 hours
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easy
Island Vibes Zucchini Bread
Jocelyn Delk Adams
121 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
121
1 hour 35 minutes, plus cooling
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Rhubarb Pound Cake
Melissa Clark
1213 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,213
2 hours, plus cooling
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Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
1982 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,982
45 minutes
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easy
Mango Lime Loaf Cake
Jocelyn Delk Adams
162 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
162
1 hour 25 minutes, plus 45 minutes’ cooling and setting
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easy
Berry Upside-Down Cake
Melissa Clark
503 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
503
1 hour, plus cooling
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Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
920 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
920
35 minutes
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easy
Old-Fashioned Shortbread
Genevieve Ko
178 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
178
4 hours
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Kaab el Ghazal (Gazelle Horn Cookies)
Nargisse Benkabbou
46 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
46
35 minutes
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One-Bowl Lemon and Olive Oil Cake
Brian Levy
1518 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,518
2 hours, including cooling
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easy
Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ali Slagle
467 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
467
25 minutes
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easy
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins
Genevieve Ko
111 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
111
35 minutes, plus cooling
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easy
Lazy Daisy Cake
Melissa Clark
1039 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,039
1 hour
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easy
Chocolate Pretzel Shortbread
Yossy Arefi
192 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
192
45 minutes
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easy
Raspberry Pie Crunch Bars
Melissa Clark
593 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
593
1 1/2 hours
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Spice Muffins
Ashley Lonsdale
71 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
71
40 minutes, plus cooling
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easy
Baked Red Bean Nian Gao (Mochi Cake)
Eleanore Park, Peggy Wang, Jessica Wang
40 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
40
1 1/2 hours
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easy
Lemon-Honey Nian Gao (Mochi Cake)
Eleanore Park, Jessica Wang
53 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
53
1 3/4 hours
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Cherry Almond Scones
Yossy Arefi
178 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
178
45 minutes
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Benne Cookies
Kim Severson, Emily Meggett
238 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
238
1 hour
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Blueberry Corn Muffins
Melissa Knific
567 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
567
55 minutes
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easy
Pastelitos (Guava and Cream Cheese Pastries)
Daniela Galarza, Anya von Bremzen
326 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
326
1 hour
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
316 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
316
50 minutes, plus cooling
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easy
Sesame-Coconut Shortbreads
David Tanis
49 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
49
45 minutes, plus chilling and cooling time
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