Description
A colorful and delicious fruit pizza featuring a sweet sugar cookie crust topped with a smooth cream cheese layer and an assortment of fresh fruits. Perfect for gatherings and easy to customize with your favorite fruits, this crowd-pleasing dessert combines creamy, fruity, and crunchy textures for a festive treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Crust
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
Cream Cheese Topping
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Fruit Toppings
- 1 cup sliced strawberries
- 1 kiwi, peeled and sliced
- 1/2 cup blueberries
- 1/2 cup mandarin orange segments
- 1/2 cup seedless grapes, halved
Glaze (Optional)
- 1 tablespoon apricot preserves
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) to prepare for baking the sugar cookie crust.
- Prepare Crust: Press the refrigerated sugar cookie dough evenly onto a greased 12-inch pizza pan or baking sheet, forming a smooth, even crust layer.
- Bake Crust: Bake the crust in the preheated oven for 12–14 minutes, or until it turns golden brown. Remove from oven and allow it to cool completely to avoid melting the cream cheese topping.
- Make Cream Cheese Layer: In a medium bowl, beat the softened cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract together until smooth and creamy.
- Assemble Pizza: Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over the cooled cookie crust, creating an even layer for the fruit toppings.
- Add Fruits: Arrange the sliced strawberries, kiwi, blueberries, mandarin orange segments, and halved grapes in a colorful, decorative pattern on top of the cream cheese layer.
- Apply Glaze (Optional): Warm the apricot preserves slightly and brush it gently over the arranged fruit to add a shiny, glossy finish that also enhances flavor.
- Chill: Refrigerate the assembled fruit pizza for at least 30 minutes to set the cream cheese layer and meld the flavors before slicing and serving.
Notes
- Customize this fruit pizza with your favorite fruits, such as raspberries, peaches, or pineapple, to suit seasonal availability or personal taste.
- For a firmer crust, increase baking time by an additional 2–3 minutes before cooling.
- To make ahead, bake the cookie base and prepare the cream cheese mixture separately, then assemble the fruit pizza just before serving to maintain freshness.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 140 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
