Mini Fruit Pizzas are a fun and festive dessert for the 4th of July or any celebration! Top ’em with berries, diced kiwi…even mandarin oranges!
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The first time I made mini fruit pizzas it was for my sister’s baby shower four years ago. I have no idea why we haven’t made them since because they are so much fun for guests and make for a really pretty dessert.
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Those large Fruit pizzas kind of intimidate me, so I’m a fan of this mini-me version. Plus the sugar Cookie recipe is one of my favorites, and that cream cheese frosting I could totally eat with a spoon.
Speaking of spoons, for uniformly-shaped cookies, make sure to use a medium cookie scoop. It makes the perfect size sugar cookies for mini fruit pizzas.
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My favorite way to eat this is topped with diced strawberries, but we couldn’t resist making them a bit more festive for the 4th of July holiday by throwing in some blueberries. You can tell we had a lot of fun coming up with different ways to decorate the mini fruit pizzas.
The strawberry heart is my most favorite.
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Of course you don’t have to stick with the red, white and blue theme. You can elevate them to an even classier dessert by topping them with a combination of blackberries, diced kiwi, diced strawberry and a mandarin orange slice. Or let your guests do the decorating by providing a mini fruit pizza bar!
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Printable recipe for mini fruit pizzas below. Enjoy!
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- 2¾ cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1½ cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 (8-oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 to 4 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1 to 2 tsp vanilla extract (to taste)
- Fresh fruit such as diced berries, blueberries, sliced bananas, diced peaches, diced kiwi or mandarin orange slices
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine flour, baking soda and baking powder in a small bowl; set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes). Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually add dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Roll rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are set and lightly golden. Let stand on cookie sheet 2 minutes before moving to wire racks to cool completely.
- Cream together cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl until smooth and creamy. Add vanilla.
- Gradually add confectioner's sugar until frosting reaches desired consistency. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
- Frost cooled cookies and top with fresh fruit. Serve immediately.
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