Simple, Rustic Dessert Recipes That Celebrate Summer Fruit

It’s hot out there. Some days are too hot to even murmur the word “baking.”

But summer is the time for fruit and, if you’re anything like me, you want to take advantage of all those luscious berries and stone fruit — juicy peaches, nectarines, cherries and apricots — that are so abundant in farmers markets right now. I have a summer ritual of visiting a local pick-your-own (PYO) farm and bringing home buckets of fruit. Then on the first cool day, I set about making jams, jellies, preserves and always bake a few pies, crisps, crumbles and cobblers.