Saturday, June 4, 2011

Mini Fruit Pizzas

 The perfect summer dessert!  You could make a large one and cut it up, but these are fun!
For this I made a batch of my FAVORITE sugar cookies and let them cool.
Beat together: 4 oz. cream cheese and 1 c. marshmallow creme. Spread onto cookies, then add whatever fruit toppings you want. I'm not big on cream cheese, so I keep it minimal, but I am one of the few in the world who feel this way, so you can come up with any ratio you want for that!

 Dallin was my helper. He helped with the cookie cutters and then decorated each and every mini pizza. He took great care, leaving one with just bananas for himself since he doesn't care for blueberries or strawberries that much.
These fruit pizzas are always a hit! I've made them before using the cream cheese frosting, and added a thin layer of cherry pie filling on top. Just make sure to keep these refrigerated, and add the bananas last if you are going to serve them several hours later as they will brown.
This recipe made 13 jumbo sized cookies + enough extra dough to make 12 smaller cookies in funky shapes that the boys picked out.

My favorite sugar cookie recipe:

Wilton's Roll-Out Cookie Recipe
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 egg
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons clear vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon no-color almond extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Makes: About 3 dozen cookies.
instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F.
In mixing bowl, cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. Mix flour, baking powder and salt; add to butter mixture 1 cup at a time, mixing after each addition.

Do not chill dough. Divide dough into 2 balls. On a floured surface, roll each ball into a circle approximately 12 in. wide and 1/8 in. thick. Dip cookie cutter in flour before each use. Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet 6-7 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.

The only change I make is that I buy salted butter, so I omit the salt in the recipe. I also double the vanilla.

17 comments:

SnoWhite said...

my mom used to make these! thanks fro reminding me!

SmileMonsters said...

Share these at Fun For Kids Friday too! They look really tasty.

http://smilemonsters.blogspot.com/2011/05/fun-for-kids-friday_26.html

Jo @ SmileMonsters

Cassie @ Primitive & Proper said...

yum! i loved making these when i was younger! :) so good and a great way to get kids to eat fruit!

Pamela said...

Oh yum. We had fruit with the marshmallow dip last night for dinner. I love fruit pizza but for 3 it just gets wasted. With the option of making them individual I think it would work better for our menus.

Vivian said...

All I can say is YUMMMMMMMMM!!!

Mommy Minded said...

I LOVE this idea!

Megan
mommyminded.blogspot.com

Art For Little Hands said...

My mom used to make fruit pizzas. I loved them. I think I will do this tomorrow for our snack! Thanks for reminding me of my past. I can't wait to do it again.

Carole said...

I love, love, LOVE this idea! We are definitely doing this tomorrow! I love your blog and was happy to become a follower. Please stop by my blog (I'm a novice and sometimes don't know what I'm doing. LOL) and continue with the wonderful ideas!
http://thejubileecircus.blogspot.com

Please Do Not Feed The Animals. said...

Thanks for this! I think I will make this the next time I have playgroup at my house then let the kids all decorate their own. Lovely idea.

Emily said...

these looks so delicious!!!Come on over this week and link to my Tasty Tuesday party! http://nap-timecreations.blogspot.com/

Jessica @ My World - Made By Hand said...

Yum yum...I would love it if you would participate in my Red, White & Blue Roundup this July. You can find the details on my right sidebar.

Jessica
http://myworldmadebyhand.blogspot.com

Corrina said...

Great idea! This is cooler than the big fruit pizza cookie. I'm going to try this next time.
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Chrissy said...

YUM! Thanks for sharing!
Visiting from TT&J :)

www.chrissyandnathan.blogspot.com

Jessica @ Barefoot by the Sea said...

This looks adorable and what a fabulous Summer treat! Thanks for the idea and sharing! I'm your newest follower - can't wait to look around at your sight more! Come visit me too if you want!

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Have a great weekend!

Jessica @ Barefoot by the Sea said...

This looks adorable and what a fabulous Summer treat! Thanks for the idea and sharing! I'm your newest follower - can't wait to look around at your sight more! Come visit me too if you want!

www.barefootbysea.blogspot.com

Have a great weekend!

Stephanie Lynn @Under the Table and Dreaming said...

Brandi - The mini pizzas look really good! I love idea of the fruit - yummy! Thanks so much for linking to the Sunday Showcase Party. I am a little behind commenting - but I have featured this last week. Hope you are having a wonderful week ~ Stephanie Lynn

{nifty thrifty things} said...

These look like so much fun and so delicious!
Thank you so much for linking this up to {nifty thrifty sunday} last week!
xoxo,
Vanessa