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My Kids Love Fruit Pizza!
Fruit pizza is one of those desserts my kids get really into, sometimes they’ll sit for almost an hour just arranging the fruit topping into patterns before we even slice it. I make it most often in the summer when we’ve got fresh fruit around and I want to do something a little extra without baking a whole cake. The base of the fruit pizza is a sugar cookie, the frosting is light and made with cream cheese (goes so well with the fruit!), and the toppings are whatever fruit we have on hand.
Happy Cooking!
– Yumna
Fruit Pizza Ingredients
Cookie Crust Ingredients
- Butter: Use softened, unsalted butter so it creams easily with the sugar. I usually leave it out for about 30 minutes before starting.
- Granulated Sugar: If you prefer a chewier cookie you can use light brown sugar instead.
- Egg: Room temperature is best.
- Vanilla Extract: Go for pure vanilla extract.
- All-Purpose Flour: Spoon the flour into your measuring cup, then level it so you don’t use too much.
- Baking Powder + Salt: Use aluminum-free to avoid any chance of a metallic aftertaste.
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients
- Cream Cheese: Soften it first, by letting it sit out on the counter for 30 minutes so it blends smoothly. cold cream cheese will make the frosting lumpy.
- Greek Yogurt: I use 2%, but nonfat works too.
- Powdered Sugar: To avoid lumps sift before using.
- Vanilla extract: Same as above, keep it pure.
For the Topping
Fresh Fruit: I usually use strawberries, kiwi, blueberries, raspberries, and mandarin orange slices, but fruit works.
How to Make Fruit Pizza
Fruit Pizza Recipe
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Ingredients
For the Cookie Crust
- ½ cup butter softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour spoon and level
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
For the Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ½ cup Greek Yogurt nonfat or 2%
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
For Assembly
- Strawberries
- Kiwi
- Blueberries
- Peaches
- Raspberries
Instructions
- In a large bowl using a hand-held mixer or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter. Then add sugar until mixture is fluffy, and finally beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Beat the flour, baking powder and salt into the wet ingredients until combined. Chill the dough for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 12-inch pizza. Press the chilled cookie dough onto the pizza pan until it's even and circular. Bake 18-20 minutes or until the edges are very lightly browned. Allow crust to cool.
- In a medium bowl using a hand-held mixer or stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, combine the cream cheese, Greek yogurt, powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Spread over the cooled cookie crust, and chill again to firm up the frosting.
- Decorate with fruit, cut into slices and serve.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.
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Popular Additions
- Frosting tweaks: For a chocolate frosting, add ¼ cup cocoa powder to the frosting when you add the powdered sugar.
- Crunchy toppings: Sprinkle the top with toasted coconut, chopped pecans or walnuts. Even simple chopped peanuts will add a delicious crunchy bite.
- Syrups & Drizzles: Drizzle your fruit pizza with chocolate drizzle, caramel, or even maple syrup for another layer of fun!
Recipe Tips
- Add 1-2 teaspoons of cornstarch to the cookie dough to make it softer. This is not necessary, but it is a little trick I learned for making softer cookies. And it works really well in this fruit pizza base.
- Make sure to chill the dough before spreading it on the pan. Chilling the dough allows the butter to harden, which then keeps it from thinning out and spreading all over the sides of the pan. If you chill the dough, you’ll notice that the cookie dough stays put after baking, but puffs up slightly.
- Grease the baking dish before adding cookie dough. This prevents it from sticking to the pan. You can also use parchment paper, which makes it easy to lift the fruit pizza from the pan and place it on a serving platter for guests.
- Under-bake the sugar cookie crust. About 2 minutes before you think the cookie crust is done, remove it from the oven. It will continue to bake on the pan. But removing it earlier from the oven creates an extra soft crust that won’t harden quickly.
FAQs
When you’re ready to store the fruit pizza, it’s best to wrap it tightly in plastic wrap before storing it in the fridge. If you are making this ahead, it’s best to bake the cookie and let it cool, then frost and decorate right before serving. Once wrapped and ready to store, your fruit pizza will stay at its freshest for 2 to 3 days. The texture of the cookie crust will slightly soften after being exposed to the fridge.
You can freeze the cookie dough crust, but I do not recommend freezing it fully assembled is the fruit with become mushy and soggy.
For the best fruit pizza experience, use fresh fruit. There is so much moisture in frozen fruit, that if it hasn’t thawed or drained enough of that moisture, it might start to pool in your fruit pizza.
Make sure you’ve chilled your cookie dough before shaping your pizza crust. Chilling helps to maintain the structure of the crust. Additionally, avoid overmixing the dough and it might turn out crumbly.
I do not like greek yougurt. In this recipe it is amazing. I think it compliments the fruit so well! Used the Pillsbury ready made dough but will try the recipe next time.
Aww, so glad you loved it! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this amazing recipe!!! 🙂
So glad you liked it!
Really good dessert! I made it yesterday and my whole family liked it. I put the leftovers in the refrigerator overnight and I had a bit for breakfast this morning and it honestly tastes even better than it did yesterday! Highly recommend making it
Yay! So glad to hear that!! Thank you!
I Just made this beautiful fruit pizza it was amazing I love the suggestion on adding a little baking soda it definitely help the crust be a bit more fluffy. And will definitely be making this again!!
Hi Liz – I’m so glad that you enjoyed the fruit pizza and found that baking soda suggestion helpful! Thanks so much for sharing!
Love it. Fun to make
If you can tell me how to make a flourless, sugarless dough for this recipe, I’d like to hear about it!
Sorry I don’t have any that are sugarless since it’s a sugar cookie crust. But if you find another cookie crust you like, it should work well in this recipe as the base.