Sugar cookies are a classic dessert for a reason. You simply cannot feel sadness when you eat a cookie; it's just a scientific fact. They're buttery, pillowy and endlessly comforting. But let's face it: plain sugar cookies can sometimes get a little boring.
The good news? It doesn't take much work to turn a basic tube of sugar cookie dough into a party-worthy dessert. It might have been a while since you thought of it, but now is the time for fruit pizza, that fun, easy, nostalgic summertime dessert. With just a few simple ingredients, you can go from ho-hum cookies to sweet slices of summery goodness. Here's how to do it.
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♬ original sound - Sarah KrafftyWhat is Fruit Pizza?
Fruit pizza takes the pizza concept and turns it into a treat. The recipe sounds like a novelty dessert a kid dreamed up, but dishes similar to fruit pizza date back to ancient times (6th century BC), when Persians topped flatbreads with cheese and dried fruit, like dates. In the more modern era, the fruit pizza we know and love today became popular in the 1980s and 1990s.
In a classic fruit pizza recipe, a soft sugar cookie serves as the crust, sweetened cream cheese (or vanilla frosting) is the "sauce" and your favorite fruit is the topping. It's the ultimate quick-and-easy, crowd-pleasing, summer dessert.
Fruit pizza can be prepped in no time (especially if you use store-bought cookie dough) and is great for a simple weeknight treat or a party dessert for your next backyard barbecue. Once you have your cookie (ahem, crust) and "sauce" dialed in, you can dress it up however you like using the season's best fruit. Start early in summer with strawberries, then keep things rolling all the way through the tail end of plum season, mixing and matching the fruit as you go.
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For the quickest fruit pizza, grab your favorite premade sugar cookie dough from the store. (We like the always-dependable logs from Pillsbury.) If you're feeling ambitious, you can also make sugar cookie dough from scratch.
Press the sugar cookie dough into a round, greased pizza pan and bake your dessert crust until it's lightly golden. If you don’t have a round pizza pan, a rectangular sheet pan also works. And just like savory pizza, if you feel like making a more rustic oblong shape, that can be fun too.
Once the crust is cool, top it with a mixture of softened cream cheese, granulated sugar and vanilla extract. Next, add your toppings! Have fun arranging whole or sliced fresh fruit on top of the cream cheese layer. Excellent options for fruit to use for topping include berries, sliced cherries, sliced peaches, kiwi and plums. For a pastry case-worthy finish, heat up a bit of jam (apricot is great because it's light in color) in the microwave, stir to loosen, then brush it over the fruit.
Let the finished fruit pizza chill in the fridge for at least one hour before slicing. (This chilling time makes sure the topping is set so you'll get nice, clean slices.)
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Creative Ways to Make Fruit Pizza Your Own
The beauty of a fruit pizza? The possibilities for dressing it up. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
Stick with an all-berry theme. Arrange a mixture of sliced strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries over the top of your fruit pizza.
You do hue.
It's always fun to lean into a color theme. You could do an all-blue fruit pizza with blueberries and blackberries or head in a red direction with strawberries, cherries and red plums. Want to mix things up in a different way? Use all plums, but go for a mix of black, purple and red, shingling the thinly sliced wedges on top of the pizza.
Chocolate and fruit pair so well together, and a simple drizzle can elevate a fruit pizza. Drizzle melted chocolate or Nutella over the fruit, or sprinkle the fruit pizza with mini chocolate chips.
Try another crust.
While sugar cookie dough makes an excellent base, you can make a fruit pizza with any type of cookie dough. Choose an all-chocolate crust to pair with berries, opt for an oatmeal raisin cookie dough crust for a heartier texture or try classic chocolate chip.
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