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Fruit Pizza
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Fruit Pizza

Fruit Pizza – a festive dessert for any occasion that will surely tickle your sweet tooth. Beautiful, colorful, and oh so delicious. This heaven-sent dessert pizza recipe is an absolute summer superstar dessert!
Course Dessert/Snack
Cuisine American
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 8 big slices
Calories 633kcal
Author Imma

Equipment

  • Baking sheet pan or pizza pan
  • Parchment paper 
  • Medium bowl (x3)
  • rolling pin 
  • Electric mixer 
  • Spatula or spoon

Ingredients

Sugar Cookie Crust

  • ¾ cup sugar 
  • ½ cup butter , softened
  • 1 large egg 
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract 
  • 1 ½ cup flour 
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder 
  • ½ teaspoon salt 

Frosting

  • 12 oz cream cheese , softened 
  • ¼ cup butter , softened 
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream 
  • 1 ½ cup powdered sugar 

Fruit Topping

  • 7-8 strawberries , sliced 
  • 5 kiwis , sliced 
  • 1 cup pineapple chunks  
  • 1 cup blueberries 
  • 1 cup raspberries  

Instructions

Cookie Crust  

  • Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Then line a baking sheet or pizza pan with parchment paper. 
  • In a medium bowl cream together sugar, butter, egg, vanilla, and almond extract until light and fluffy.
  • In another bowl sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Then add to the butter mixture. Place dough in the fridge and chill dough for about 30 minutes or until dough is firm.
  • Roll out dough into about 14-inch circle, you may carefully push in or crimp any hanging dough to form a circle. 
  • Bake for about 10 - 12 minutes. You do not want to overcook it. Allow to cool completely before frosting 

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Add cream cheese, butter, vanilla and heavy cream into a medium bowl.   Using an electric mixer mix together until fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar and continue mixing until fully combined.  
  •  Add cream cheese frosting to cookie crust, spread all over the crust.
  • Arrange fruit over cream cheese frosting according to preference - You may refer to pictures for inspiration or guidance  
  • Slice and serve cold or room temp. Pizza can be refrigerated until ready to use - keep in mind that as it sits, it gets soggy.

Notes

  1. If you’ve made more than enough frosting, keep it refrigerated in an airtight container to keep it from oxidizing.
  2. Add a teaspoon of lemon juice or lemon extract into your frosting for added flavor.
  3. Once you start cutting the fruits, it will release excess fruit liquids that might mess up your decoration or get the crust soggy. To avoid this, use a paper towel to lightly pat the fruit slices so that the excess liquid will be absorbed by the towel.
  4. You could submerge excess fruit slices in clean water and keep it refrigerated up to 2 days, this helps preserve the moisture in the fruits.
  5. The cookie dough can sit at room temperature but you must also make sure that it’s not too exposed to air.
  6. Aside from making the sugar cookie crust and frosting a day in advance, you may also assemble everything in advance and just refrigerate. HOWEVER, keep in mind that as it sits, it gets soggy.
  7. If the cookie crust was too hard, it could have been overbaked and/or was simply too thin that's why it was overbaked. Just shape the dough a little thicker and bake for the same time or less. No need to adjust the oven temperature. It should be nice and soft. 
  8. Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition

Serving: 1big slice | Calories: 633kcal | Carbohydrates: 80g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 113mg | Sodium: 322mg | Potassium: 414mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 55g | Vitamin A: 1207IU | Vitamin C: 67mg | Calcium: 105mg | Iron: 2mg