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This 4th of July fruit pizza is made with a tender sugar cookie crust, topped with a sweet cream cheese layer, strawberry puree and fresh fruit. It’s the perfect patriotic July dessert.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
If you are planning a BBQ or party for the next week or anytime this summer and need a fun, patriotic dessert you might want to make Fourth of July Fruit Pizza This is actually a recipe I shared before – Strawberry Pizza. It is one of our family’s favorite desserts to make during strawberry season so I decided to change it up a little bit and make it a flag fruit pizza by adding blueberries for a red white and blue color scheme! You can use any fresh fruit you like.
Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour. I prefer unbleached flour.
- Sugar, granulated sugar and powdered sugar
- Butter. I use salted butter
- Cream Cheese. Softened
- Vanilla Extract
- Lemon Juice
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Cornstarch
How to Make Fruit Pizza
- Combine flour, powdered sugar and butter in a medium bowl. Use a pastry blender to combine.
- Form dough into a ball with hands and roll out into a rectangle shape. Place on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake at 325 degrees F oven for 15 minutes. Cool
- Mix together the softened cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla for the cream cheese layer in a medium size bowl with an electric hand mixer or in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment.
- Spread cream cheese mixture in an even layer on the cooled sugar cookie base, leaving about 1/4 inch of cookie showing. I like to use an offset spatula to spread the cream cheese.
- Combine pureed strawberries, granulated sugar and cornstarch in a small saucepan.
- Cook until it turns thick and glossy, about 6-8 minutes.
- Allow glaze to cool before adding it to the top of the cream cheese layer.
- Layer sliced strawberries and blueberries to form the stripes.
Tips from leigh Anne
- If you are short on time you can use a roll of refrigerated sugar cookie dough for the base of the cookie.
- Don’t over bake the crust. Don’t allow the edges to brown. If the crust is too crisp it will be hard to cut.
- Make sure the crust is completely cooked before adding the cream cheese layer or it will melt into the crust.
- Don’t panic if your pureed strawberry mixture doesn’t turn thick and glossy right away, it takes a bit of time. Be patient.
- Use a pizza cutter or a sharp knife to cut the 4th of July pizza into pieces. We like to cut it into squares.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use other fruit on this fruit pizza?
You can use whatever fruit you’d like! Other fruit that works great includes bananas, raspberries, kiwi, blackberries, sliced grapes and pineapple.
How do you store leftover 4th of July Fruit Pizza?
It should be kept stored in an airtight container in the fridge. It will last 2-3 days in the fridge.
Can I serve this other than the 4th of July?
This dessert is perfect anytime but is also great for Memorial Day and Labor Day celebrations. You can also change out the fruit to make it less patriotic.
Should I wash my fruit first?
Yes, wash your fruit first but then be sure and dry the fruit well before adding to the fruit pizza.
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4th of July Fruit Pizza
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
Filling:
- 1 8 oz. cream cheese room temperature
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp. lemon juice
Topping;
- 1 cup strawberries mashed
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 qt strawberries sliced
- 1-2 cups blueberries
Instructions
Crust:
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, powdered sugar and butter. Use a pastry blender to combine.
- Form into a ball with hands and roll out into a rectangle. Place on parchment paper on a baking sheet.
- Bake at 325 degrees F oven for 10-12minutes. Do not let it brown. Cool cookie crust.
Filling:
- In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, vanilla, sugar and lemon juice. Use an electric hand mixer or put in the bowl of a stand mixer and use the paddle attachment. Mix until smooth and well combined.
- Spread mixture on cooled crust
Topping:
- In a saucepan over medium heat, combine strawberries, sugar and cornstarch
- Simmer until thick and glossy 6-8 minutes. It will turn from cloudy to clear. Cool completely.
- Spread on top of cream cheese filling
- Cut fresh strawberries crosswise and place on fruit pizza to make stripes. Add in blueberries between the stripes.
Tips & Notes:
- If you are short on time you can use a roll of refrigerated sugar cookie dough for the base of the cookie.
- Don’t over bake the crust. Don’t allow the edges to brown. If the crust is too crisp it will be hard to cut.
- Make sure the crust is completely cooked before adding the cream cheese layer or it will melt into the crust.
- Don’t panic if your pureed strawberry mixture doesn’t turn thick and glossy right away, it takes a bit of time. Be patient.
- Use a pizza cutter to cut the 4th of July pizza into pieces. We like to cut it into squares.
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Tara says
How is the recipe for oatmeal banana chocolate chip cookies coming?
Tara says
Could you make each part and refridgerate them seperately for a day or 2?
Leigh Anne says
I have never done that but I don’t see why not. Give it a try and let me know how it works!
Avanika (Yumsilicious Bakes) says
This is so colorful and perfect 🙂
Julie says
Those plates are so cute, just perfect for that dessert!