Frozen Mango Dessert with Macadamia Nut Crust

If you love mangoes, and you love mango desserts, this frozen mango pie is like a mashup of your favorite mango dessert recipes! It’s creamy, vibrant with fresh mango puree, and so refreshing. You will love the sweet and salty macadamia crust! It’s like you’re in Hawaii in your own kitchen!

This Frozen Mango Dessert Pie is pure frozen mango deliciousness. It’s one of our all-time favorite summer desserts! It is cool, creamy, refreshing, and bursting with tropical flavor.

What can you do with mangos? Make pie!!

I looove mango! It tastes like lounging on a tropical beach with sun on your skin, a hint of salt in the air, and powder-soft sand between your toes. 

One summer, while living just outside of Las Vegas in a suburb called, Henderson I started experimenting with meals and treats that would cool us off! I cannot even express how hot the summer was. 

Our oldest was just a baby and she and I lived at the pool or hidden in an air conditioned house. This mango dessert quickly became one of our favorite treats to beat the heat!

Why I LOVE this Frozen Mango Pie

I love the contrast between the crunchy crust and the smooth mango texture. I eat mine straight from the freezer, cold and firm, while Cade waits for his to soften which is actually so satisfying too. The kids? They’ll devour it either way.

Mango Cake

A note for clarification.

Originally this recipe was called a frozen mango cake, but I am so bothered by that as it’s truly more of a pie, almost a mango pudding or ice cream pie that I’ve removed that title and changed it to a frozen pie.

Macadamia Nut Pie Crust

This pie swaps the usual graham cracker crust recipe for a macadamia nut crust, giving it that perfect island twist. There’s something so satisfying about the sweet and salty combination!

All you have to do is buy roasted, salted macadamia nuts, or plain but make sure to add salt. Use a blender or food processor to grind them into a powder. I explain how to make it down below.

This recipe originally came from Martha Stewart but I’ve adapted it slightly.  Don’t be intimidated, it’s easier than it looks, and the results are absolutely worth it. It is literally the perfect summer mango dessert recipe!

What Ingredients Do You Need for This Mango Dessert?

Before we dive into how to make this dreamy Frozen Mango Pie, let’s take a quick look at the ingredients.

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Homemade Strawberry Shortcake with Biscuits Recipe

Forget those little store-bought fake-cake shortcakes! This is the most delicious strawberry shortcake recipe we’ve ever made! We layer our buttery, flaky homemade biscuits with irresistible sweet strawberries and whipped cream to make homemade strawberry shortcake completely from scratch!

This strawberry shortcake is so simple that you can make it within the hour, and so satisfying that it will easily become your go-to summer dessert.

For me, the moment that marks the beginning of summer is when I bite into my first strawberry of the season. Is it even a lazy summer day if it doesn’t end with juicy berries piled on flaky biscuits and a big dollop of freshly whipped cream?! Homemade strawberry shortcake is the essential dessert for summer!

Gardening with Mom

I grew up obsessed with strawberry shortcake! Not only was it my favorite, it was a reward for hard work. 

Every summer, we’d plant the biggest garden, and by “we,” I mostly mean my mom. I remember Dad tilling the soil, and my 4 siblings and I “helping” for what felt like hours (it was probably 30 minutes). We’d dig through tomato vines and hunt for huge spiders with colorful patterns and potato bugs, then rush back to the house with dirt in our shoes and under our nails.

Fried Chicken, Jojo’s and Strawberry Shortcake

After a hot shower, we’d all pile around the table for fried chicken, JoJos (if you’re from the Pacific Northwest, you know), and to finish the day: strawberry shortcake. Always from those little spongy packages, always stealing the bits stuck to the white cardboard, and always – always – a big scoop of Cool Whip on top.

From Scratch Biscuits for Strawberry Shortcake

These days, unlike the little packaged angel food cakes, we make our shortcakes with from scratch flaky, buttery biscuits as a nod to BurgerVille (a PNW classic).  But the berries? Still done the way Mom taught us: 

How to Make Fresh Strawberries for Strawberry Shortcake

What’s the secret to Mom’s extra sweet berries?

Smash a few, slice the rest, sprinkle on a little sugar, and let them sit! That’s the secret to extra-juicy, syrupy strawberries – and trust me, they are heavenly.

Tips for Perfectly Flaky Biscuits

• Use a food processor or pastry cutter to cut in extra cold butter, jus like you would for a pie crust.  
• Use unsalted butter to control the salt of the biscuit. 
• Don’t over mix as this will lead to a tough bis

Old Fashioned Southern Peach Cobbler Recipe

This Old-Fashioned Southern Peach Cobbler recipe is everything you remember from Grandma’s kitchen—warm, buttery, and bubbling with sweet, juicy peaches. The golden, crisp topping bakes right into the fruit, like a soft biscuit meets caramelized crust.

What makes a peach cobbler recipe old fashioned and Southern, you ask? There’s no cake mix involved. No, it has a biscuit topping that will have you coming back for more!

Watch How to Make This Peach Cobbler Recipe

Peach season is one of my favorites! A fresh juicy peach just does my heart happy! Fresh peaches are one of the best parts about a cobbler in my opinion. What is your favorite part about a cobbler? It’s funny because in a fruit pie, I’m all about the crust, but in a cobbler, I just love the fruit!

I grew up on a very simple cake mix peach cobbler which was almost always made in a dutch oven while camping. But this old fashioned Southern peach cobbler might just beat it out for the best peach cobbler recipe.

Ingredients for Southern Peach Cobbler

Here’s a quick rundown of all the ingredients you will need to make this homemade peach cobbler:

Peach Filling

• Peaches: Fresh, freestone peaches are what you want. They bake up super juicy and are perfectly sweet.
• Cornstarch: Helps thicken the peach filling.
• Cinnamon: Adds warm flavor.
• Brown Sugar: Adds sweetness and deepens the flavor.
• Butter: Adds richness to the filling.

Topping

• Flour: Just regular all-purpose flour is all you need.
• Sugar: Adds a touch of sweetness to the dough.
• Brown Sugar: Adds more sweetness and rich flavor.
• Salt: Enhances all the flavors.
• Baking Powder: Gives the biscuit topping its rise and fluffiness.
• Butter: Adds richness and moisture to the topping.
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Old Fashioned Blackberry Cobbler

All you need are 6 simple ingredients, including self rising flour to make this old fashioned blackberry cobbler recipe just like your grandma used to make. You’ll be feeling all the nostalgia with this simple dessert recipe that’s perfect for spring or summer.

Easy blackberry cobbler recipe – I think this is the same recipe every mom in America made us as kids. My mom’s recipe came from a heavy blue cookbook that I want to say may have been Better Homes and Gardens or Betty Crocker. Either way, do not skimp on the sugar and always serve warm with ice cream.

The real secret compared to other recipes is that I always butter the dish. The butter creates the most wonderfully delicious bottom on the cobbler. It’s so rich and comforting!

Blackberry Cobbler Ingredients

When I said you only need 6 ingredients to make this recipe for blackberry cobbler, I meant it! It’s so simple! Most of the ingredients are pantry staples too! Here is everything you’ll need:

• Sugar: just regular white granulated sugar, some of the cobbler topping and some sprinkling on top
• Self-Rising Flour: found on the same aisle as the all-purpose flour
• Salt: enhances all the flavors
• Whole Milk: helps binds the batter together, 2% milk works fine too
• Butter: adds flavor and richness to the crust
• Blackberries: can be fresh or frozen, more details below

The measurements required for each ingredient can be found in the recipe card at the end of the post.

What is Self-Rising Flour?

Self-rising flour is a flour that has a leavening agent already included in it, usually baking powder. It usually has a little salt added to it as well. It helps the baked good rise.

If you don’t have self-rising flour or you can’t find it, you can make your own! Just 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder and ½ teaspoon of salt for every 1 cup of flour in your recipe.

Can I Use Frozen Blackberries?

Both fresh and frozen blackberries work great in this recipe. Of course we love this in the summertime with those juicy, fresh blackberries, but sometimes you need blackberry cobbler when it’s not summertime, so frozen blackberries will work just fine.

No need to thaw them ahead of time. Just sprinkle them over the top frozen and they will thaw as it bakes. If you let them thaw beforehand, they will bleed into the cobbler batter and make it purple and they will be mushy and not the right texture.

How to Make Blackberry Cobbler

One of my favorite things about cobbler recipes is that they are so