Having a summer party? This pizza is definitely a crowd favorite. I made this several years ago for a few Christmas parties and it went really fast. Summertime is really the best time for this fruit-topped pizza, though, because everything is in season.
Even though I have a terrific family recipe for sugar cookies, the Pillsbury Sugar Cookie dough in the tube works just as well. After you add all the fruit, it won't make much difference. If you're making this for a party, you can make the cookie in advance, but you can't frost or top it until just before the party. You don't want the cookie to become soggy. I also recommend making this on a pizza stone or something else durable that you can use a pizza cutter with.
I have often wanted to make this again as individual servings. You could make regular sized sugar cookies and frost and top them with different fruits. If you want to give this a try let me know and make sure you take pictures. I would love to see how that turned out.
Fancy Fruit Pizza
1 tube (18 oz.) sugar cookie dough
1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
½ tsp. vanilla extract
2 medium firm bananas, sliced
2 tsp. lemon juice
1 11 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained
2 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced
1 pint fresh strawberries, halved
1 20 oz. can pineapple chunks, drained
1/3 cup orange marmalade
1 Tbs. water
On a greased 14-in. pizza pan (or pizza stone),
press cookie dough into a 12-in. circle. Bake at 375º for 10-12 minutes or
until golden brown. Cool completely on a wire rack.
In a small mixing bowl, beat
the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread over crust. Toss
bananas with lemon juice.
Arrange the pineapple,
strawberries, bananas, kiwi and oranges over cream cheese mixture. Refrigerate
for 1 hour. Combine marmalade and water; drizzle over fruit (yields 12
servings).
This first pizza was from a Christmas party several years ago.
This second picture is from a summer party.
I hope you enjoy this. It's really delicious!
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