Easy Fruit Pizza - Delightful!

Looking for the perfect summer pot luck dish or bridal shower snack?  Fruit pizza is a hit with the very old, very young, and everyone in between.  As a guest, I always a appreciate when there is something sweet on the appetizer table.  I really cannot wait all the way until dessert is served to get a sugar fix, you know?  And fruit pizza is just appetizer-y enough that it fits right in with the apps.  Of course, if you have the willpower to wait, it makes a light and refreshing dessert. 

I first made Fruit Pizza at Camp Libbey Girl Scout camp during the summer of my 12th birthday.  (Man, sometimes I wish I could go back to carefree summers like that one.) Fruit Pizza just a really fun thing to cook, and if you have kids, they will like to help you in the kitchen for this one.

You can choose the fruit based on what is in season and what your family likes, BUT make sure the fruit is not too watery.  After you wash the fruit and cut it to a good size, let the fruit sit on a paper towel for a few minutes so the fruit has a chance to dry.  If you use bananas or apples, make sure you serve the dish right away before things turn brown.  I put the fruit I chose into the recipe below, but substitute whatever!

RECIPE (revised from the Kraft web site)

1 pkg.  (16.5 oz.) refrigerated sugar cookie dough

1 pkg.  (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened (can soften for 10 seconds in the microwave)

3 Tablespoons sugar

1/2 tsp.  vanilla

1 pint strawberries cut in half

1 pint blueberries

24 raspberries

2 kiwi fruits, sliced

HEAT oven to 375°F or baking temperature directed on the refrigerated sugar cookie dough.
LINE 12-inch pizza pan with foil; spray with cooking spray. Press cookie dough into prepared pan to form pizza crust. Bake 14 min.; cool. Invert onto plate; carefully remove foil. Turn crust over.
Meanwhile... MIX cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until well blended. Spread over crust after crust cools.
CUT the crust.  (Yes, cut it BEFORE adding fruit and the finished product will look better.)
TOP with fruit. (You can serve it right away, or keep it in the fridge until you are ready to serve.)

Number of servings depends on how big you cut the pieces.  I got about 16 pieces.