This one is good. Rec: Fruit Pizza, posted by MariaD a few years ago
Fruit Pizza
Makes 1 fruit pizza
A cookie dough crust, cream cheese filling, and fruit topping. Tip: For a quick crust, you may use one package of ready made sugar cookie dough rolled out to fit a pizza pan. (I made the dough.) Use your own assortment of fresh fruit such as bananas, peaches, blueberries, kiwi, pineapple, and strawberries.
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350º.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth. Mix in eggs. Combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Press dough into an ungreased pizza pan. (I used a cookie sheet.)
Bake in a pre-heated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla until light. Spread on cooled crust. Arrange desired fruit on top of filling, and chill. Makes 1 fruit pizza
Maria's Note's: To ensure the pizzas wouldn't get mushy I prepped everything the night before, but didn't assemble til about an hour before we left. Also, to make this easy to transport I slid each pizza on a 12-inch round cake cardboard, covered with plastic wrap and I was good to go. Everyone loved this and you didn't need plates or utensils - I'm going to make this again for a beach party. It was too easy. For the 4th of July I made this with strawberries and blueberries that I decorated as a red star on a field of blue and since I double this making two pizzas I did the reverse also. For the two, I used one small basket of strawberries sliced and one and a half pints of blueberries.
Pat’s question: I don't have a round pizza pan should I just shape it round on a rectangular cookie sheet or break down and spend the $$ and get a round jobbie?
Maria’s note: Me neither - I just shaped it round on a cookie sheet - came out about 10-12". Also since I was taking them someplace, I talked the lady at the bakery section of the grocery store to let me buy a few of the cardboard rounds so I didn't have to go to the cake supply store. Slid the pizzas on that and covered with plastic wrap - worked perfect.
Dia’s notes: Divine! My only tweak was to add the zest of an orange to the cream cheese mixture, and everyone was full of compliments over it. I used nectarines, strawberry slices, and blueberries. Heavenly! Used the refrigerated cookie dough and it was just perfect. And, strictly for research purposes because someone at the Swap asked how far in advance you can make 'em, I had the last slice for breakfast the following day (a good 14 hours after I assembled it) and it was still mighty delicious. The crust was the slightest bit flexible ... but yum, yum! The fruit was fine and the cream cheese mixture just heavenly! The E-Z Foil disposal aluminum pans (3 to a pack) work well (they’re about 12-inch diameter).
Lisa/LA's note: I am interested in doing this as a dessert for a picnic, but would have to assemble it at least 5 hours in advance. Do you think it would get too mushy in that amount of time?
Maria’s answer: It should be okay if kept in a cooler. Mine was in the cooler or fridge for about 4 hours and was fine -so I think you'll be ok.
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