Fruit Pizza
Fruit Pizza is the perfect dessert for a hot summer day. This pizza-sized sugar cookie is topped with sweet and minty cream cheese whipped cream, then piled high with fruit. Even easier to eat than pizza! This treat is bound to impress friends and family alike.
Ingredients
For the Cookie Crust
- ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
For the Whipped Cream Cheese
- ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 8 oz brick cream cheese, room temperature
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tsp fresh mint chopped, optional
To Assemble
- Any Desired Fruits:
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Blackberries
- Kiwi
- Mangoes
- Peaches
- Watermelon
- Grapes
- Mandarin Oranges
- Bananas
- Thinly sliced Pineapple
Instructions
For the Cookie Crust
- Using a hand mixer or standing mixer, mix the butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla until well combined. Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until combined. Chill the dough for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Roll the chilled dough out into a circle in between 2 pieces of parchment paper to help prevent it from sticking. Remove the top piece of paper, then transfer to a 10-inch pizza pan (if you have a larger pan, that's fine too!) Trim the excess parchment paper.
- Don't worry if it's not a perfect circle! Trim the dough if it is too large with a paring knife or pizza cutter. If it's too small, remove it from the pizza pan and reroll it until it's the desired size you want.
- Bake for 12 minutes. Allow it to cool completely.
For the Whipped Cream Cheese
- Whip the heavy cream to firm peaks then set aside.
- In another bowl, beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Fold in the whipped cream and mint gently, then spread over the cooled cookie crust.
- Top with your choice of fruits!
- Chill the pie (SEE NOTES), then when ready to serve, allow it to sit out for 15 minutes before cutting.
Notes
*NOTE BEFORE SERVING: You can make the crust up to 3 days in advance, and the whipped cream cheese 1 day in advance. If you are planning on serving it within 3 days, do not assemble the pie until you are ready to serve.
**I would not use anything that browns easily. Fruits such as apples and pears brown easily. It's best to avoid these.
***Do not use anything hard to slice.