Fruit Pizza

Beautiful Fruit Pizza made with a soft and tender sugar cookie crust that’s covered with rich cream cheese frosting and topped with plenty of vibrant fresh fruit. Serve this stunning, yet easy sugar cookie fruit pizza for brunches, birthdays, potlucks, BBQs and picnics. It's the quintessential summer dessert that you'll crave all season long!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

cooling and chill time 1 30

Total Time 1 50

Servings servings

Calories 319

Author Kim

Ingredients

Cookie crust:

1 cup butter softened
1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Frosting:

8 ounces cream cheese softened
4 tablespoons butter softened
3 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or either 1 tsp almond extract or 1 tsp lemon extract)

Fruit topping:

fresh strawberries, blueberries, and kiwi (or any other fruit that you like)

Glaze (optional):

2 tablespoons apricot, apple or orange jam, jelly, or marmalade
1 teaspoon water

Instructions

Cookie crust:

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spray a full size cookie sheet (26x18-inch) with nonstick cooking spray. (or half the recipe and use a half size cookie sheet (18x13-inch))
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
Drop the dough onto the cookie sheet, spreading it out and using your fingers to press it down flat. Using a rubber spatula, push dough away from the outer inch of the pan. (This allows the giant cookie to have room to spread as it cooks.) Refer to the picture for visual.
Bake the dough for 10-12 minutes or until very lightly browned. Don’t over-bake!
Let cool completely, about 30 minutes.

Frosting:

Beat the cream cheese and butter together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the vanilla and mix again.
Gradually add the powdered sugar and mix until you have reached your desired consistency. (If you would like it thicker, add more powdered sugar. If you prefer it thinner, add a teaspoon at a time of milk.)

Fruit:

Prep fruit by washing and drying it and then, depending on the fruit you're using, you'll need to slice, halve or quarter it.

Assembly:

Once crust is completely cooled, spread frosting over crust. Top frosted cookie crust with your favorite fruit. Refrigerate (about 1 hour) until ready to slice and serve. Enjoy!
*Optional step to prevent fruit from drying out. Combine jam with water. Warm the mixture in the microwave for 30 seconds. Then, lightly brush or spoon glaze over fruit pizza.

Notes

*We prefer our fruit pizza chilled and like to refrigerate it for at least 1 hour before serving.

Store-Bought Sugar Cookie Dough Method

Use 2 (16.5 oz) rolls Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough.
Keep all toppings the same.

Heat oven to 350°F. Spray half size cookie sheet (18x13-inch or other similar measurements) with cooking spray.
Break up cookie dough over prepared pan and press into an even layer to completely cover bottom of pan. Bake for about 13-16 minutes and until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool completely (about 30 mins) on a wire rack.
Follow all other instructions for cream cheese frosting, fruit and glaze.

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