Happy Tuesday Darlings!!!

Wow this past Fourth of July weekend was a HOT one, but it was so nice to be able to have family and friends come over and spend the day with us! I love hosting and I love making food for others! Truly, it is my love language. It’s not just a love language I use for my husband but also for my friends and family! Every time I make my fruit pizza I get asked for a recipe. There are tons of them, however, every time I’d make one of them I just felt like they were too sweet and most of the times too dry. I was also not a big fan of having to make my own dough (I’d prefer to only do that for Christmas cookies-haha). So finally after many requests…I have taken the time to write out my version of my beloved fruit pizza. I hope you enjoy the doughy goodness.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

Ingredients:

• 3 rolls of Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough for a 11×13 jelly roll pan (you can do a 9×12 however, the crust then becomes too thick)
• Baking Spray or Cooking Spray to grease the pan.
• Any fruit toppings you’d like! (I typically do mixed berries… so raspberries, strawberries, blueberries & blackberries). Since I made this for the Fourth of July I only used blueberries (as stars) and strawberries (as stripes).

For the Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 1 block of cream cheese
• 1-2 cups of powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract (I use the Molina Mexican vanilla blend, you need this one, it’s the best blend!)

Here’s What You’ll Do:

1. Start by preheating your oven according to the instructions on the dough package.
2. On a 11×13 pan, spray cooking or baking spray evenly to prevent the dough from sticking as it bakes.
3. Roll out all three rolls of dough. I use my hands instead of a rolling pin so I can feel in which areas there is more dough than others and spread it more to the thin areas. (Tip, if you use your hands and the dough keeps sticking to them put some flour on your hands and keep patting down the dough, it helps it stick a lot less to your hands and more to the pan).
4. Once the oven is preheated put the sugar cookie dough to bake for 17 minutes. I know the packet says a different time however I have found that if I do it for 17 minutes exact you get a great chewy constancy. If you prefer to have it done a little harder I’d say put it back in for another 2-3 minutes. Once ready, I like to let it cool for 15-20 minutes.
5. In the meantime you can make your cream cheese frosting! In a mixing bowl put the softened block of cream cheese, 2 cups of powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract and mix on HIGH until the frosting looks smooth and creamy.
6. Once the dough is cooled and your frosting is done. Start frosting your sugar cookie until it is all evenly covered.
7. Lastly, add all of your toppings, you can get as creative as you want! I don’t typically go crazy on sprinkling the fruit, I just start placing the fruit toppings wherever I decide in that moment *see first pic below*. But, this last fruit pizza I made for the Fourth of July I decided to be festive and turn it into an American flag. I did blueberries in the corner as the stars and I lined the strawberries to have it be the red stripes of the flag *see second pic below*, it wasn’t my best work since I was in a time crunch but still looks imperfectly cute!
8. Lastly, once you’ve finished decorating your fruit pizza put it the fridge to chill for an hour or two. I know it looks so delicious and you’ll want to eat it right away, however this dessert is one that tastes better cold… I promise!!!

I would LOVE to see your fruit pizzas, so if you make this PLEASE send me pictures, tag me in your posts, message me your thoughts! I want to know it all!!

Until Next Time,

xo, Jacquie