These red, white, and blue mini fruit pizzas are a fun and easy patriotic dessert using summer fruits. Assemble them ahead of time or let guests make their own! This post was originally shared in 2011 and now includes a step by step video.
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The perfect summer dessert! You can make a large one and cut it up, but these mini fruit pizzas are fun and easier to serve! I always buy too much fruit, especially at road side stands, and this is a great way to use it up before it gets too ripe. Mini fruit pizzas are so easy to whip up and are always a hit. Make a big batch and bring them to your next summer potluck or get-together!
The BEST Sugar Cookies for Fruit Pizza
Easy Frosting Recipes for Fruit Pizza
Marshmallow Fluff and Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 ½ c. marshmallow fluff
Beat the cream cheese and marshmallow fluff with an electric mixer until fluffy. Spread over cooled cookies.
Buttercream Sugar Cookie Frosting
½ c. butter, softened
3 c. powdered sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
3-4 T. milk
Beat or whisk ingredients until smooth. Spread over cooled cookies.
Fruit Pizza Bar
Red, White, and Blue Mini Fruit Pizzas
Ruby and Kaylee helped me make a big batch to bring to our BBQ with cousins. They did such a great job, making each cookie unique. We stuck with blueberries and strawberries, but bananas are another great patriotic themed fruit.
Mini Fruit Pizzas Recipe
Red, White and Blue Fruit Pizza Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoon almond extract
- 4 cup flour
- ½ cup corn starch
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- frosting
- strawberries and blueberries
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl combine butter, shortening and sugar. Beat until fluffy. Turn mixer down and add egg, vanilla and almond extract. Add baking powder. Sift in and flour and cornstarch until mixed thoroughly (1-2 minutes).
- Lightly flour your working surface and shape dough into a large ball.
- No refrigeration necessary.
- Roll dough out to desired thickness (I usually do ¼- ⅜″) and cut into shapes. Add flour to dough if it feels too sticky but a nice soft dough is what you want. Carefully transfer cut out cookie shapes with a spatula to a baking sheet.
- Bake on baking sheets at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cookies will be soft. Let sit on baking sheet for 5 minutes before carefully moving to a cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.
- Frost cookies with your favorite frosting (see our recipes) and add sliced fruit.
Notes
Nutrition
Can You Make These Cookies Ahead of Time?
Yes, you can make the mini fruit pizzas a few hours in advance, but hold off on adding the fruits like bananas or others that will brown quickly until right before ready to serve.
How many cookies does this recipe make?
About 3 dozen (4") sugar cookies.
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{nifty thrifty things} says
These look like so much fun and so delicious!
Thank you so much for linking this up to {nifty thrifty sunday} last week!
xoxo,
Vanessa