Recipe Roundup

Our 21 Best Apricot Dessert Recipes

Tart apricots get the sweet spotlight in these bright and summery desserts.

August 10, 2017

Photo by Chelsea Kyle
1/21
Almond-Apricot Food Processor Cake
Fresh apricots serve as both a garnish and a sweetener in an easy almond-based batter that comes together in minutes in a food processor. It's a piece of, well, you know what.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
2/21
Grilled Maple-Butter Apricots with Vanilla Ice Cream
Fact: grilled desserts are the best desserts. This fruity finale includes all the greatest things about summer: the grill, beautiful, ripe stone fruit, and melty vanilla ice cream.
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Linda Xiao
3/21
Apricot, Cherry, and Graham Cracker Crumble
Make this simple apricot and dark cherry crumble with a buttery topping using brown sugar and store-bought graham crackers. It's a nutty, toasty, and sweet way to finish a summer dinner.
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4/21
One-Hour Apricot and Almond Galette
A luxurious almond cream makes this one-hour summer stone fruit dessert taste like an all-day labor of love.
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5/21
Pound Cake with Grand Marnier-Poached Apricots
This moist and tender sponge cake is good. But topping it off with Grand Marnier-poached dried apricots makes it great. Boozy great.
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Peden + Munk
6/21
Little Apricot Cakes
Fill simple lemon and vanilla cupcakes with sliced fresh apricots for a summery picnic dessert (or even breakfast—live a little!).
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Photo by Mikkel Vang
7/21
Almond Praline Semifreddo With Grappa-Poached Apricots
Apricots and almonds have an affinity for each other, as you'll discover in this marriage of the stone fruit and a cool semifreddo dotted with crushed almond praline.
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Photo by Christopher Testani
8/21
Apricot Compote
Serve apricots glazed in sugar and lime juice on a dollop of creamy yogurt for a healthy dessert. (Or throw caution to the wind and have it with vanilla ice cream instead.) A little chopped tarragon on top adds a welcome herby note to the dish.
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Ditte Isager
9/21
Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Apricot and Candied Fennel
Looking for a chilled dessert that's a little less labor-intensive than ice cream? Go for this buttermilk-based panna cotta, which gets even better with a topping of candied fennel and a rich compote of dried apricots.
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Jonny Valiant
10/21
Apricot Almond Linzertorte
Tut this twist on classic linzertort is made with almond pastry and vivid apricot filling.
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Ditte Isager
11/21
Apricot Rice Pudding Pops
Chunks of dried apricot give these coconut rice pudding pops a hit of color and a bit of texture. Try them after a spicy Thai-inspired dinner.
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12/21
Grilled Apricots with Almond Cream and Fregolotta
For this dessert recipe, the dough for fregolotta, an Italian cookie, is broken up into small pieces, then baked.
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Tom Schierlitz, food styling by Brian Preston-Campbell
13/21
Buckwheat Shortcakes with Earl-Grey Apricot Compote and Whipped Cream
Cooking dried apricots in Earl Grey tea with a vanilla bean infuses them with sweet spices that pair nicely with the earthy bitterness of buckwheat flour.
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14/21
Apricot Sorbet Float
Sparkling wine floats with simple homemade apricot sorbet are the perfect way to end a summer dinner party.
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