The BEST Fruit Pizza Kids (and Adults) Will Love
A delicious sugar cookie crust made from scratch topped with a sweet cream cheese filling, fresh fruit, and a refreshing, light citrus glaze. Perfect for summer dessert, church celebration, graduation party, holiday party, small gathering, and more!
Servings: 16 slices
Equipment
- 2 Springform Pan (or other 10 inch pan, like a quiche pan dish)
- 1 Mixer I use a stand mixer, but a hand mixer would work well too!
- 1 spatula used to spread cream cheese mixture
- parchment paper, optional, but this can be helpful to prevent the cookie from sticking to the pan
Ingredients
Crust (Makes 2)
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup vegetable/canola oil
- 1 egg
- 2.13 cups flour (2 cups + 2 tbsp)
- ½ tsp cream of tartar
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp vanilla
Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Fruit Layer
- Use whatever you think your crowd will like best!
- Strawberries sliced
- Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Blackberries
- Kiwi sliced
- Mango sliced
- Mandarin Oranges
- Grapes
Citrus Glaze (Optional)
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- ¼ cup sugar
Instructions
Crust Ingredients
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease 2 12-inch spring form pans (with removable bottoms). (See note).
- Mix all crust ingredients well blended.½ cup sugar, ½ cup powdered sugar, ½ cup butter, ½ cup vegetable/canola oil, 1 egg, 2.13 cups flour, ½ tsp cream of tartar, ½ tsp baking soda, ½ tsp vanilla
- Divide dough into 2, one for each pan. Put each ball into a pan and then flatten with your hands. Build up a slight rim around the end of the pan.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool completey.
- Carefully remove crust from pan (if using spring form pan), and onto a platter. *You can freeze one of the two crusts if you only need one*
Cream Cheese Filling
- The filling ingredients are intended to be used on one crust, however, I sometimes like a thinner cream cheese filling layer, so I use one batch of cream cheese filling for TWO crusts. Depending how thick you want your cream cheese filling, you may want to double this filling.
- Cream together cream cheese filling ingredients.8 oz cream cheese, ⅓ cup sugar, 1 tsp vanilla
- Spread on crust evenly.
Fruit Layer
- Arrange fruit on top in decorative pattern. Use fruits that complement your celebration!Valentines Day: Strawberries, Raspberries, Pomegranates, etc.Easter: Any Fruits!Memorial Day, Independence Day & Labor Day: Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, BlackberriesThanksgiving: Strawberries, Raspberries, canned Mandarin Oranges, Mango, PomegranatesChristmas: Kiwi, Strawberries, Raspberries
- Refrigerate, then move on to making the glaze.
Citrus Glaze
- Combine all ingredients by combining all ingredients in a small saucepan.½ cup water, ½ cup orange juice, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp cornstarch, ¼ cup sugar
- Bring to boil and boil for 1 minute.
- Cool completely, you do not want to melt the cream cheese layer.
- Spread over fruit layer.
- Refrigerate until serving.
Notes
- Other will work for this too, but if you want a certain presentation, go for a nice quiche dish or spring form pan so you can transfer to a pretty platter. I have never tried in a 9x13 pan or cut out into individual cookies, but I definitely think you could!
- The glaze is delicious, but the pizza is good without it if you're shorter on time and can't wait for it to cool.