Planning a picnic for the 4th of July? Well you’ve come to the right place. If you’re looking to have the best summer holiday picnic, we have some great and quick recipes to make your picnic experience a perfect breeze. Enjoy!

Five best food recipes that make your picnic perfect for the 4th of July

French Onion Dip

The flavors of sweet caramelized onion, tangy mayonnaise, sour cream, and other seasonings are complement one another perfectly in this French onion dip recipe. It is the perfect dip for your preferred chips because it is creamy, simple, delicious and can make your picnic perfect!

Ingredients

• Unsalted butter in 2 tablespoons.
• One relatively large onion, chopped in yellow.
• A half-teaspoon of salt
• One-quarter teaspoon of black pepper.
• One teaspoon of powdered garlic.
• One cup of soured milk.
• Mayonnaise, ¼ cup.
• Worcestershire sauce, two teaspoons.

Recipe

1. At low heat, melt butter in a large nonstick pan.
2. Add salt, pepper, and garlic powder along with the chopped onions.
3. Stir the sour cream, mayonnaise, and Worcestershire sauce together in a big basin.
4. Stir in the cooled onions and remove off heat when finished.
5. Cover and chill for at least a few hours.
6. Lastly, stir, taste, and season again if required before serving.

BBQ Baked Beans

These BBQ Baked Beans are quick and straightforward to prepare. Thissimple recipe is loaded with brown sugar, vinegar, onions, mustard, ketchup, crispy bacon, and canned baked beans. 

Ingredients

• 8 ounces of bacon
• One diced yellow onion
• baked beans, two (16 oz) cans.
• Dark brown sugar, two teaspoons.
• One tablespoon of mustard, yellow.
• One teaspoon of ketchup.
• One teaspoon of vinegar made from apple cider.
• One tablespoon of spice for steak.
• Add salt to taste as desired.

Recipe

1. Set oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and coat an 8×8-inch square nonstick baking dish with cooking spray. Place aside.
2. On a nonstick pan, arrange the bacon in a single layer.
3. Once the heat is on medium, fry the bacon until it is crispy. In this dish, you don’t want any soggy bacon.
4. Leave the bacon oil in the pan but take off the bacon and chop it! Separate the bacon pieces and set aside.
5. In the unused bacon fat, cook the diced onions for 5 to 10 minutes, or until they are soft.
6. Combine the sautéed onions, crumbled bacon, beans, sugar, vinegar, mustard, ketchup, and steak seasoning in a large bowl.
7. Stir, taste, and season again with salt as needed.
8. Pour into a baking dish suitable for the oven, and bake for 30 minutes.
9. Enjoy and savor!

Mexican Grilled Corn

Mexican grilled corn, commonly referred to as Mexican street corn or “Elote,” is a well-liked street meal that consists of grilled corn on the cob that has been smeared with mayo, sour cream, cotija cheese, herbs, and lime juice.

Ingredients

• Mayonnaise, ¼ cup.
• ¼ cup of room-temperature softened unsalted butter.
• ¼ cup lime juice that has just been squeezed.
• Chili powder, three tablespoons.
• Smoked paprika, one teaspoon.
• ¼ r teaspoon Cayenne.
• One-half teaspoon of garlic powder.
• Half a teaspoon of cumin.
• Four ears of washed and husked corn on the cob.
• Fresh cotija cheese grated.
• Chopped cilantro finely.
• Salt as desired.

Recipe

Butter

1. Mix all of the butter ingredients in a medium bowl until thoroughly blended. Equally divide between two bowls.
2. Place aside.

Corn

1. Spread 1⁄2 of the butter over the cleaned and husked corn.
2. A foil sheet should cover every piece of corn. The foil must entirely seal the corn.
3. Heat the grill to a medium-to-medium-high setting (about 450 degrees F).
4. Grill the corn for 15 to 20 minutes, turning halfway through, or until it is soft.
5. Get rid of the heat.
6. Cool it gently for 5 minutes.
7. Each corncob should be carefully unwrapped before applying the second half of the butter.
8. Add cilantro and freshly grated cotija to the top.
9. Serve right away.

Vegan Lemon Bars

These vegan lemon bars are creamy and filling in addition to being light, fresh, and zesty. They are actually healthier than typical lemon bars. Lastly, they’re straightforward to make and even simpler to consume!

Ingredients

Crust

• One cup of leveled almond flour.
• Pecans, 1 cup.
• ⅓ cup of coconut sugar.
• Half a teaspoon of salt.
• Coconut oil, melted, in 1/4 cup.
• one-half teaspoon of vanilla extract

Filling

• One cup of roasted cashews with salt.
• Coconut cream, 1 cup the coconut water, and cream from one (13.66 oz) can of coconuts have been separated.
• Two big lemons, zest removed.
• Three lemons’ worth of lemon juice in 1/2 cup.
• Pure maple syrup in 1/4 cup.
• One-half teaspoon of vanilla extract
• cornstarch, two tablespoons.
• Cream of tartar, one teaspoon.
• ¼ teaspoon of salt.
• Dust with organic powdered sugar.

Recipe

Crust

1. Set oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a nonstick 8×8 baking pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper. Place aside.
2. In a food processor, combine almond flour, pecans, coconut oil, salt, and vanilla.
3. Process until all ingredients are combined, and the pecans have crumbled into a crumb-like consistency.
4. The mixture should be poured onto the prepared pan and pressed firmly, but gently into an equal layer.
5. Bake for 10 minutes in a preheated oven.
6. While you prepare the filling, let the food cool for 10 minutes.

Filling

1. In a high-powered blender, combine the coconut, cashews, cream, lemon zest, lemon juice, maple syrup, vanilla, cornstarch, tartar, and salt. Blend it until the consistency is silky and creamy, with no lumps.
2. It will still be pretty jiggly in the center after 25 minutes of baking. Pour onto the somewhat cooled crust.
3. Cool for 30 minutes at room temperature.
4. Place it in the fridge to get set for at least 2.5 hours, preferably overnight.
5. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, cut into squares, and enjoy!

Apple Pie Cookies

These cute apple pie cookies resemble tiny hand pies. The recipe results in two pieces of buttery, flaky chilled pie crusts layered with apple pie filling and cooked till golden brown.

Ingredients

Apple Pie Cookies

• Pecans, 1 cup.
• A can of apple pie filling (20 oz).
• 16-ounce jar of traditional caramel dip.
• 6 (14.1 oz) packs of pie dough, thawed following the instructions on the box. Each should contain two crusts.

Cream Cheese Icing

• 1 (8 ounces) block of softened room temperature cream cheese.
• Powdered sugar, 4 cups.
• One cinnamon stick.
• One tsp salt.
• Milk, four tablespoons.
• Vanilla extract, two tablespoons.

Recipe

Apple Pie Cookies

1. Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking mat while heating the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Place aside.
2. Add pecans to a powerful food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped.
3. Add the in the apple pie filling and caramel dip to the blended mixture. The filling should include some pieces for texture but be primarily smooth. Place aside.
4. One pie crust should be unrolled onto a clean work area before being cut into 14 circles with a 2.5-inch cookie cutter.
5. Place 1/2 tbsp of the caramel apple pecan filling on top of 7 of the rounds.
6. Add another circle on top, use your fingers to press the seams together gently, and then seal the edges.
7. Spray the top with cooking spray before placing them on the prepared baking sheet.
8. Bake pie crust in preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
9. Repeat with the remaining pie filling and dough. To frost, let cool.

Cream Cheese Icing

1. Add the cream cheese to a large bowl and stir for about a minute or until foamy.
2. Add salt, cinnamon, and powdered sugar. Mix until evenly incorporated.
3. Add the milk and vanilla, then continue beating until frothy.
4. Use a spoon to place the icing on top of the cookies.
5. Before serving and savoring, allow to set gently.
6. Cookies can be eaten at room temperature, cold, or even hot.

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