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Fruit Pizza

By Denise Stacey May 28, 2020

Looking for an easy summer dessert for your backyard BBQ? How about a Fruit Pizza?

Ingredients
  • 1 package of sugar cookie mix (plus ingredients required to mix the dough)
  • 12 oz (1.5 pkg.) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • Assorted fruits of your choice (strawberries, kiwi, mandarin oranges, mangoes, grapes, etc)
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1 tsp cornstarch

Directions
  1. Prepare sugar cookie mix according to package directions. Press into 12" round pan and bake at 350 F for approximately 15 minutes or until golden brown. Then set aside to cool.
  2. With a mixer, beat together cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread over cooled sugar cookie crust
  3. Wash and slice desired fruits. Arrange fruit on top of cream cheese.
  4. In a small saucepan, mix orange juice and cornstarch until thickened. Cool.
  5. Spread cooled orange juice mixture over the fruit.
  6. Place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
  7. Serve and enjoy!