Mini fruit pizzas are an easy and fun summer dessert- they’ll for sure be a hit at your next picnic or BBQ!
Hey everyone, this is Lauren visiting from Tastes Better From Scratch! I’m excited to share one of my favorite spring/summer desserts with you guys–mini sugar cookie fruit pizzas!
I LOVE sugar cookies, in any form, as long as they are super soft and frosted. I always loved helping my mom make them when I was younger. It’s fun to choose whatever fun cookie cutter you want to help cut the cookies out, and I always loved to help frost them!
I think mini fruit pizzas are more fun than large fruit pizzas because each person can easily grab their own. I’ve found that larger fruit pizzas can also be harder to bake correctly… Have you ever had that problem? Sometimes the center is still a little doughy when the edges are cooked. Well, you completely avoid that problem with these mini fruit pizzas! Plus, they just look pretty and fun!
These cookies are the perfect treat to make for parties or small get-togethers, and kids will have fun helping make them. They look fancy and impressive, but they’re way easy, and you can top them with whatever fruit you have on hand.
I hope you enjoy them as much as we do, and stop by Tastes Better From Scratch for some more family-friendly recipes! You might also like our Fresh Watermelon Cake, or browse all of our summer recipes here.
Mini Fruit Pizzas
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup Shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
For the Frosting:
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 8 oz Cool Whip
Sugar Cookie Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium size bowl, cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, and salt). Slowly mix dry ingredients into the wet mixture until you form a large dough ball. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 8-10 minutes. Cookies should still be soft when you take them out, but not doughy. (Don’t overcook or they will be hard!)
Frosting Directions:
In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Beat until smooth, then fold in the Cool Whip and stir well. Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese frosting over the cooled sugar cookie. Place fruit on top. Serve immediately!
Fruit Topping suggestions:
Strawberries
Kiwi
Bananas
Blueberries
Mandarin Oranges
Raspberries
Pineapple
If you make these mini fruit pizzas, please leave a comment and a positive review! We appreciate them so much.
Mini Fruit Pizzas
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Ingredients
For the sugar cookies:
For the Frosting:
- 8 oz. cream cheese softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 8 oz Cool Whip
Fruit Topping suggestions:
- Strawberries
- Kiwi
- Bananas
- Blueberries
- Mandarin Oranges
- Raspberries
- Pineapple
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium size bowl, cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, and salt). Slowly mix dry ingredients into the wet mixture until you form a large dough ball. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Lightly flour your countertop. Roll the dough balls out until 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch thick. Cut the dough into shapes using a cookie cutter. Place cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 8-10 minutes. Cookies should still be soft when you take them out, but not doughy. (Don't overcook or they will be hard!)
- In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Beat until smooth, then fold in the Cool Whip and stir well. Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese frosting over the cooled sugar cookie. Place fruit on top. Serve immediately!
This post was originally published in February 2014, it has been updated with new photos, video and detailed instructions.
Everyone at my party enjoyed the mini fruit pizzas that I made using this recipe. It was a huge hit!
I’ve only ever made a full-sized fruit pizza before, but these mini fruit pizzas were perfect for an end of year party that I hosted for my daughter’s friends! I put out bowls of cut fruit and the girls had so much fun topping their own pizzas. Yummy and cute!
We make these so much!! They are great for entertaining & parties. Everyone raves about them!!