Let’s just stop and ponder this photo for a minute.
I completely understand that it may not be the best quality photo you’ve ever laid your eyes on since it’s from my i-phone, but the subject matter deserves an award. Yes, it certainly does. What should we give it?
This deliciously, simple fruit pizza with a cookie dough crust is one of my favorites. I mean, how can anything be wrong when you mix sugar cookie dough, your favorite fresh fruits and a sugary cream cheese together?
Nothing!! Nada. It’s just sheer goodness.
I first fell in love with this years ago, right around the time I started making my Veggie Pizza Appetizer, although both were served on a crescent dough base instead. That is delicious option as well, but if we are going to indulge, I’m definitely using cookie dough as my “crust.”
There are so many variations you can do with this. Recipes that you can tweak and re-tweak are my favorites because you can keep your repeated guests always guessing what’s next. 🙂
When I was short on cream cheese, I used the cream cheese I had left and mixed it wit some pudding. I’ve done the same with whip cream. Just experiment and determine your family’s favorite. That is typically how I come up with a lot of my simple party food recipes.
For patriotic holidays, I always use a mixture of red, white and blue fruits for my desserts, which is exactly what Kraft was thinking as well. It’s a perfect option for adding some festive color without the extra work. Note that the fruit pizza above used a regular crust. Trust me on this – use cookie dough or croissant dough in a pinch.
As you can see, any kind of fruits may be used. Typically, my fruit pizzas are topped with what ever fresh fruits are in season and if it’s the middle of winter, like the one below, even canned mandarin oranges and pineapple will work.
This was served to a very large group, so a jelly roll pan was used. Double recipe.
Below is pure perfection!!
At the height of summer, all these fruits are in abundance and then I pile on as much fruit as I can fit on the crust.
If you haven’t tried this Fabulous Fruit Pizza, make sure it happens soon.
Before your next gathering, make sure you add “Build Your Own Pizza Bar” to your must read lists. It’s such a fun way to entertain and then you can serve the this fruit pizza for dessert. It’s a crowd pleaser all around.
Recipe: Fruit Pizza on Cookie Dough
Summary: This delicious fruit pizza is one of my favorites. Served with a cookie dough crust, it’s always a crowd pleaser
Ingredients
- 1 package (16 oz) cookie dough
- 1 packages (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
- Assorted fruits: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, grapes, blueberries, kiwi, mandarin oranges (you pick your favorites)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Spread cookie sheet onto 12 inch pan and roll evenly making sure you pinch any seams together so you make on nice crust. (You may use rectangle or traditional round pizza pan.)
- Bake recommended time (approximately 10-14 minutes)
- Cool pizza completely.
- Blend cream cheese, sugar and extract together until creamy.
- Spread over the cooled crust.
- Arrange fruit on the cream cheese mixture.
- Chill and serve.
Preparation time: 10 minute(s)
Cooking time: 10 minute(s)
Hi-I love this simple and delicious looking dessert. In the last photo it looks like there’s a glaze on the fruit- do you put anything on the fruit after you put it on the crust?
Honestly, I typically don’t put the glaze on top because it’s one extra step which takes more time and I am all about the quick and easy these days. It’s so good without the glaze, but it is a mixture of sugar, salt, corn starch, orange juice, lemon juice and water combined and heated on the stove. I left that out because I never make it like that anymore, but let me know and I can add in measurements.
@Jen, please post the measurements for the glaze. Many thanks!
{Melinda} These look AMAZING. I love fruit. Sometimes it’s harder to get my kids to eat, but I think even they couldn’t resist these. 🙂