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Strawberry Pizza has a tender sugar cookie crust, spread with a sweet cream cheese layer and topped with strawberry glaze and fresh strawberries. It is a delicious and fun way to enjoy fresh strawberries.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
We picked our first strawberries from the garden this last week. There is nothing like a strawberry fresh out of the garden and warmed by the sun!
I didn’t have to think long about what to make with the strawberries. Traditionally, one of our family’s favorite “first strawberries of the season” recipes is Strawberry Pizza, a sure sign that strawberry season is here. I have been making it for over twenty years without fail.
The pizza is made with a tender shortbread or sugar cookie type crust, a layer of cream cheese and then a strawberry glaze and sliced strawberries on top. This strawberry pizza sounds like our favorite Strawberry Cream Pie , just in a different form!
Ingredients Needed
- Flour. I prefer unbleached all purpose flour
- Powdered sugar
- Butter. I use salted butter
- Cream cheese
- Vanilla extract
- Sugar
- Lemon juice. Fresh squeezed
- Strawberries
- Cornstarch
How to Make Strawberry Pizza
Sugar Cookie Crust
I use my Kitchen Aid to mix up the crust, it will seem a bit cumbly so just use your hands and form it into a ball. It will come together nicely.
- Roll the dough out onto a piece of parchment paper and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Sometimes I make it round, sometimes I make it into a rectangular. Depends on my mood.
- Bake for about 12-15 minutes at 325 degrees F or until lightly golden brown. Cool.
How to Make Cream Cheese Filling
While it is baking and cooling mix up your cream cheese mixture
- Cream together softened cream cheese and sugar, vanilla and lemon juice.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture on the cooled cookie crust.
How to Make Strawberry Glaze
- Smash strawberries. I use a food process to smash the strawberries or you can do it by hand. I like to use the food processor because the sauce doesn’t end up as chunky.
- Combine smashed strawberries, sugar and cornstarch.
- Cook the strawberry mixture until it thickens and becomes glossy. It will look cloudy at first but will become more glossy as it thickens. It will take about 5 minutes or so and then cool the mixture. Be sure and stir constantly so it doesn’t burn.
- Spread the cooled mixture over the cream cheese mixture.
- Slice the strawberries and place on top of pizza.
- Cut the strawberry pizza using a pizza cutter.
Fruit Pizza Options
Besides strawberries you could also use any kind of berry such as raspberry or blueberry.
This is a fun patriotic version of the fruit pizza.
Another fun version of fruit pizza using fresh fruit can be found here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Leftovers will last for 1-2 days. Keep covered with plastic wrap in the refrigerator.
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Strawberry Pizza
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Crust
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
Cream Cheese Filling
- 1 8 oz. cream cheese room temperature
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Strawberry Glaze
- 1 cup fresh strawberries mashed
- 4 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 10-12 strawberries sliced
Instructions
Sugar Cookie Crust
- In a bowl combine flour, powdered sugar and butter. Form into a ball with hands and press or roll into a 14″ circle on an ungreased cookie sheet or pizza pan.
- Bake at 325 Degrees F for 15 minutes. Cool.
Cream Cheese Filling
- In a bowl combine cream cheese, vanilla, granulated sugar and lemon juice. Spread on cooled crust.
Strawberry Glaze
- In a saucepan over medium heat combine strawberries, granulated sugar and cornstarch. Stir and simmer until thick and glossy. Cool.
- Spread on top of cheese filling.
- Cut fresh strawberries crosswise to make circles and place on pizza and serve.
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Lorena says
Will frozen strawberries substitute for fresh okay?
It’s December – out of season, but still want to try this recipe.
(I’ve looked through the first several sections of comments before submitting this question. )
Leigh Anne Wilkes says
I have never made it with frozen strawberries. I am sure they would work fine for the glaze part but I don’t think they would work for the sliced strawberries as frozen strawberries get mushy when they are thawed. You could make it with raspberries!
Betty Wood says
If you make this a rectangle, would you use. 9×13 size pan? BTW, I’m a great fan of your blog.
Leigh Anne Wilkes says
I always make it on a large cookie sheet.
Cameron Weaver says
5 stars…soooo good!
Diane Hartman says
Delicious and beautiful Thanks for the recipe!
Trra says
Great easy way to make your own strawberry glaze as opposed to buying a jar full of preservatives. I substituted my own go to shortbread sugar cookie recipe for the crust. And the Cream cheese filling was made with confectioners vs granulated sugar. All in all a good recipe in which I appreciated the homemade glaze inclusion.