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This fruit pizza recipe is a delicious dessert to feed a crowd! A from-scratch sugar cookie crust is topped with a delicious homemade cream cheese frosting and your favorite in-season fruit. Everyone raves about this recipe!

Fruit Pizza on a serving plate

I have been making this fruit pizza recipe for almost 2 decades now. It’s my go-to dessert to feed a crowd because everyone absolutely adores it!

In this recipe, a buttery, from-scratch sugar cookie crust is topped with the best cream cheese frosting then piled high with your favorite fruits!

You can make this recipe all year long and simply utilize your favorite in-season fruits!

up close photo of a slice of Fruit Pizza on a serving plate

Fruit Pizza: Ingredients & Substitutions

ingredients in this sugar cookie crust in this Fruit Pizza recipe
  • All-purpose flour. use a gluten-free all-purpose baking flour to make this recipe gluten-free.
  • Salted butter. unsalted butter works well too.
  • Granulated sugar. white sugar or organic cane sugar are both good choices.
  • Cream cheese. be sure to use block cream cheese for the best results.
  • Powdered sugar. make your own homemade powdered sugar, if desired.
frosting and fruit ingredients in this Fruit Pizza recipe

Fall/Winter Fruit Suggestions

  • Apples
  • bananas
  • pomegranate seeds
  • cranberries
  • citrus fruits like oranges and grapefruits
  • pears
  • pineapples
  • persimmons.

Spring/Summer Fruit Suggestions

  • blueberries
  • raspberries
  • kiwi
  • strawberries
  • blackberries
  • peaches
  • nectarines
  • pineapple
  • cantaloupe
  • honeydew
  • mango
  • papaya
fruit pizza with a triangular slice cut out of it

How to Make Fruit Pizza

Let’s walk through this fruit pizza recipe step-by-step, and dont’ forget to watch the video.

Make the Crust

The first step in this recipe is making the crust, since it has to cool completely before assembling the fruit pizza.

Begin by creaming together the butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl with a hand held mixer) until light and fluffy – about 1 to 2 minutes.

two photos showing How to Make Fruit Pizza - creaming together butter and sugar for the sugar cookie crust

Then, add the egg & vanilla and beat until combined.

two photos showing How to Make Fruit Pizza sugar cookie crust -  adding eggs and vanilla

In a small bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt.

two photos showing How to Make Fruit Pizza sugar cookie crust - 
 combining dry ingredients

Then, add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in the standing mixer and beat until combined.

two photos showing How to Make Fruit Pizza sugar cookie crust - combining wet and dry ingredients

Next, transfer the dough from the mixer to a lightly floured surface and shape it into a circle. Then, cover it with saran wrap and chill it in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours or overnight..

a round disc of sugar cookie dough wrapped in plastic wrap

After the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a large baking sheet or round pizza pan (preferred) with parchment paper.

Then, on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a 12โ€ inch circle, then transfer it to the prepared baking sheet.

sugar cookie dough rolled into a circle to make fruit pizza

Bake & Cool Completely

Bake the sugar cookie crust in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned and the cookie looks a little puffy. Please do not over bake.

Let the crust cool on the baking pan until it has reached room temperature. To speed up this process you can put it in the freezer or refrigerator.

two photos showing the fruit pizza sugar cookie crust before and after baking

Make the Cream Cheese Frosting

While the cookie is baking, make the frosting.

Add room-temperature cream cheese and butter to the bowl of a standing mixer (or in a large bowl with a handheld mixer) and beat until combined (about 1-2 minutes).

two photos showing how to make the cream cheese frosting for fruit pizza -  beating butter and cream cheese

Then, add the vanilla, salt and powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Set aside but do not chill.

two photos showing how to make the cream cheese frosting for fruit pizza - adding powdered sugar and vanilla

Assemble the Fruit Pizza

Transfer the cooled sugar cookie crust to a round, flat serving plate or platter.

Then, evenly spread the cream cheese frosting on top of the sugar cookie crust.

cream cheese frosting spread onto the sugar cookie crust to make fruit pizza

Next, arrange the chopped fruit of your choosing on top of the frosting in any pattern you’d like!

Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.

fruit pizza on a serving plate

Serve

Cut the fruit pizza into pieces, either pie-shaped pieces or smaller squares, and serve it chilled. Don’t let it sit out for too long and get warm, because as the fruit warms it releases liquid.

a slice cut out of a Fruit Pizza

Store

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. I don’t recommend freezing this recipe because freezing changes the texture of the fruit.

a slice of fruit pizza on a small plate

Fruit Pizza Recipe FAQs

What fruit goes well on pizza?

Here are my fruit suggestions:
Apples, bananas, pomegranate seeds, cranberries, citrus fruits like oranges and grapefruits, pears, pineapples and persimmons, blueberries, raspberries, kiwi, strawberries, blackberries, peaches, nectarines, pineapple, cantaloupe, honeydew, mango and papaya.

Will fruit pizza keep overnight?

Yes. You can assemble the fruit pizza, cover it in plastic wrap and chill it overnight to serve the next day.

Can I double this recipe?

You can double this recipe and make two fruit pizzas, or a large, rectangular fruit pizza.

Fruit Pizza on a serving plate with one slice cut out of it

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Fruit Pizza Recipe

Laura
This fruit pizza recipe is a delicious dessert to feed a crowd! A from-scratch sugar cookie crust is topped with a delicious homemade cream cheese frosting and your favorite in-season fruit. Everyone raves about this recipe!
5 from 3 votes
Course cookies, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 16 servings
Calories 293
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Chilling/Cooling2 hours
Total Time2 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients 
 

Crust

Cream Cheese Frosting

Fruit

  • 4 cups fruit 1 cup each of your favorite fruits*

Instructions 

Make the crust

  • Cream together the butter and granulated sugar in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl with a hand held mixer) until light and fluffy – about 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Add egg & vanilla and beat until combined.
  • In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt.
  • Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in the standing mixer and beat until combined.
  • Transfer the dough from the mixer to a lightly floured surface and shape it into a circle. Then, cover it with saran wrap and chill it in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours or overnight.
  • After the dough is chilled, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a large baking sheet or round pizza pan (preferred) with parchment paper.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough into a 12โ€ inch circle, then transfer it to the prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned and the cookie looks a little puffy. Please do not overbake.
  • Let the cookie cool on the baking pan until it has reached room temperature. To speed up this process you can put it in the freezer or refrigerator.

Make the cream cheese frosting

  • While the cookie is baking, make the frosting.
  • Add room-temperature cream cheese and butter to the bowl of a standing mixer (or in a large bowl with a handheld mixer) and beat until combined (about 1-2 minutes).
  • Add vanilla, salt and powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Set aside but do not chill.

Assemble the Fruit Pizza

  • Transfer the cooled sugar cookie crust to a round, flat serving plate or platter.
  • Evenly spread the cream cheese frosting on top of the sugar cookie crust.
  • Arrange the chopped fruit of your choosing on top of the frosting in any pattern you’d like.
  • Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.

Video

Notes

*Fall/winter fruit suggestions
Apples, bananas, pomegranate seeds, cranberries, citrus fruits like oranges and grapefruits, pears, pineapples and persimmons.
*Spring/Summer fruit suggestions
Blueberries, raspberries, kiwi, strawberries, blackberries, peaches, nectarines, pineapple, grapes, cantaloupe, honeydew, mango and papaya.
Ingredient Substitutions
  • All-purpose flour. use a gluten-free all-purpose baking flour to make this recipe gluten-free.
  • Salted butter. unsalted butter works well too.
  • Granulated sugar. white sugar or organic cane sugar are both good choices.
  • Cream cheese. be sure to use block cream cheese for the best results.
  • Powdered sugar. make your own homemade powdered sugar, if desired.
Store
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. I don’t recommend freezing this recipe because freezing changes the texture of the fruit.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 293kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 226mg | Potassium: 51mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 471IU | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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