Juicy, sweet fruit is piled on top of a sweet cream cheese frosting with a sugar cookie crust. It’s perfect for brunch or dessert!
Everyone loves this Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza recipe!
If you’re like me, summer time is BBQ time. Obviously that means I want to spend more time outside in the sun instead of cooped up in the kitchen. When we BBQ at our house, I always cook the main meat dish, several sides to appeal to all types, and then one or two desserts. I love making my fruit pizza because it’s super quick, super easy, and not heavy. When I make this, I like to make the crust and frosting ahead of time and put in the fridge. I usually top it with fruit shortly before everyone arrives. I use different fruit every time also. Use whatever your little heart desires. Just a word to the wise, using bananas means putting them on right before eating because those little guys WILL turn brown and no one wants a brown fruit pizza.
Easy Fruit Pizza ingredients
- sugar cookie dough – you can use homemade sugar cookie dough or storebought. They both work really well!
- cream cheese – I like going with full fat cream cheese for this, but reduced fat (Neufchatel) also works well. I wouldn’t use fat free for the best taste.
- granulated sugar – you’ll need this to sweeten the cream cheese
- vanilla extract – a good quality vanilla extract really makes a difference
- fruit – get creative! Whether you want to use your favorite fruits, or go with a theme, use the fruit you love
How to Make Fruit Pizza
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Roll the cookie dough out into a large circle (about the size of a large pizza).
- Place the dough on a parchment lined or silicone mat lined baking sheet. Do not place it directly on a cookie sheet or pizza stone. It will stick. If you do not have parchment paper or a silicone mat, be sure to grease your baking sheet very well with nonstick spray.
- Bake the cookie dough crust in the oven for about 15-17 minutes, or until the edges are set and just barely begin to brown.
- Remove the crust from the oven and allow it to cool completely.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl combine the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla.
- Whip the frosting together with an electric hand mixer until it’s fully combined and fluffy.
- Spread the frosting over the cooled cookie dough.
- Top the frosting with your fruit.
- Serve the fruit pizza sliced like a standard pizza and enjoy!
Fruit Cookie Pizza Variations
The great thing about this fruit cookie pizza is that you can use an unlimited variation of fruit. Whether you want to go with your favorites, or a theme, here are some suggestions:
- Red white and blue – If you’re making this for a patriotic holiday, go with blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries. Let the cream cheese frosting be your white.
- Berries – make it all berries. Top it with blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries.
- Christmas themed – if you want a green and red theme, go with kiwi slices and strawberries
- Halloween – go with blackberries and mandarin orange slices or purple grapes, kiwi slices, and oranges for a colorful Halloween.
- Rainbow – buy all the variations of fruit colors you can find and alter them in rows.
Easy Fruit Pizza picky eater alterations
The great thing about this recipe is that even picky eaters love it. Just be sure to use the fruit they love as the topping!
Tips for this Recipe for Fruit Pizza
This recipe is so simple that a lot of my friends ask for the recipe and now make it for their BBQ’s and parties. You can use all fruits that don’t need to be cut (raspberries, blueberries, blackberries) and even use pre-made refrigerated dough. You can go as simple or as intricate as you’d like.
FAQ for Fruit Pizza with Sugar Cookie Crust
The key to preventing fruit pizza from getting soggy is to assemble it before serving and not use really watery fruit like watermelon.
Fruit pizza will last up to 3 days in the refrigerator when stored properly depending on the fruit you use. Some fruit tends to get soggy faster than others.
Fruit pizza can be made ahead of time. My suggestion would be to bake your cookie dough and make the cream cheese frosting in advance along with slicing the fruit but store them separately in the refrigerator. When you’re ready to serve, assemble the pizza for the best results.
Easy Fruit Cookie Pizza
Ingredients
- 16 ounces sugar cookie dough
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- various fruit (sliced)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Roll the cookie dough out into a large circle (about the size of a large pizza).
- Place the dough on a parchment lined or silicone mat lined baking sheet. Do not place it directly on a cookie sheet or pizza stone. It will stick. If you do not have parchment paper or a silicone mat, be sure to grease your baking sheet very well with nonstick spray.
- Bake the cookie dough crust in the oven for about 15-17 minutes, or until the edges are set and just barely begin to brown.
- Remove the crust from the oven and allow it to cool completely.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl combine the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla.
- Whip the frosting together with an electric hand mixer until it's fully combined and fluffy.
- Spread the frosting over the cooled cookie dough.
- Top the frosting with your fruit.
- Serve the fruit pizza sliced like a standard pizza and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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