Here are 2 fun desserts to celebrate July 4^th that will have you seeing red, white and blue! 

4^th of July cupcakes

Martha Stewart offers simple yet beautiful cupcake designs for the 4^th of July by baking cupcakes in foil tins, spreading with white icing then topping with raspberries and blueberries.

Star Cookies

These colorful holiday cookies are a real crowd-pleaser. All you need is a batch of your favorite sugar cookie dough and star-shaped cookie cutters in two or three different sizes (the largest one we used was 4 inches wide).