Easy Fruit Pizza

How to Make Fruit Pizza

Our easy fruit pizza recipe is just three amazing layers of deliciousness that no one will be the star of your gathering! Follow the recipe for all the directions below to make this summery treat. Here is how this recipe comes together:
Cookie Crust: Start by making the crust for this delicious sugar cookie fruit pizza. Break up sugar cookie dough onto a pizza pan and press it together into a large cookie that will serve as the pizza crust.

Cream Cheese Topping: Softened cream cheese, sugar and vanilla are quickly mixed to form the sweet frosting for fruit pizza. It holds the fruit in place, so every bite has the perfect ratio of sugar cookie crust, sweet frosting, and luscious fruit.

Arrange the Fruit: Throw the fruit on top, for a casual look, or arrange it in an artful way and it will look like you picked it up from a fancy French bakery! Brushed with apple jelly, the fruit stays fresh and so attractive, it’s going to be the best-dressed food at your meal!

What are the Fruit Pizza Ingredients?

This delectable, impressive dessert makes it the perfect choice for any summer gathering! Our cream cheese and fruit pizza use just 8 ingredients, making it a great make-ahead dessert to make to get the most out of your summer.
Sugar Cookie Dough: Crumbled, pressed together, and baked, refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough makes the best-tasting and easiest sweet crust you could make.

Cream Cheese: Softened cream cheese is the basis for the most delicious choice to adhere the fruit to the pizza. The mild, creamy flavor marries the sweet sugar cookie with the fruit that turns the combination into a can’t miss sweet treat.

Sugar: Adds just the right amount of sweetness to the cream cheese filling.

Vanilla: The perfect flavoring to combine with the sugar cookie taste and go with the fruit.

Fresh Fruit: The season’s best, juiciest fruit gets picked for the stunning fruit pizza toppings, lending a burst of color and flavor to the tasty fruit pizza.

Apple Jelly: The clear color adds shine to the fruit while protecting it from drying out.

What is the Best Fruit to Add to your Fruit Pizza?

For the absolute best flavor and appearance, in-season fruit at its peak of flavor and color are the best choices for fruit pizza! We have put together a trio of fruits that add a variety of colors, but you can pick from any of these tasty choices:
Berries: Are an excellent choice, since they are already on the smaller size and may need no cutting at all! For larger berries, cut them in half, quarter them or cut them into slices.

Stone Fruits: Nectarines, peaches, or plums can be sliced for a fruit pizza, whether on their own or in combination with other fruits. If they are very juicy, let them drain on paper towels before placing on the pizza.

Grapes: Whether green, red, or purple, seedless grapes can be cut in half, quartered, or sliced and make a kid-friendly choice.

Canned Fruit: You don’t have to wait until it is summer to enjoy a delicious fruit pizza! Drain canned pineapple chunks, apricot halves, sliced peaches or even fruit cocktail on paper towels and then arrange on your pizza. No cutting required!