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Mini Fruit Pizza

Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies topped with a lemon-infused cream cheese frosting and fresh fruit.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword fruit, dessert, brunch, Easter, pizza,
Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings 24

Ingredients

For the Cookies (Makes 36 cookies) See Notes for freezing remaining cookies

  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup softened butter
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

For the Frosting (Makes enough frosting to frost 24 cookies)

  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 Tablespoon lemon zest
  • 2 Tablespoons butter softened

Cut up Fruit (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, mandarin oranges) See Notes for additional choices.

Instructions

To make the cookies

  1. Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs one at a time. Add in sour cream and vanilla. Beat until incorporated. Add in dry ingredients. Mix until incorporated. **Dough will be slightly sticky.

  2. Divide dough into thirds. (See notes if you choose to freeze part of the dough.)

  3. Place one-third of the dough onto a lightly floured piece of parchment paper. Move the dough around picking up as much flour as to prevent the dough from sticking to the paper and forming a ball. Gently press down on the dough and then wrap the paper around the dough. Refrigerate the dough for one hour. Repeat this remaining two-thirds.

  4. Preheat oven to 350. Remove one-third of the dough. Remove the dough from the parchment paper and place it onto a well-floured surface. Roll the dough into a 1/4" circle. Cut cookies out using a 3" biscuit or cookie cutter. Place each cookie on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Bake the cookies for 10-11 minutes or until the edges begin to slightly brown. NOTE: Cookies will not brown on the top but will be brown on the bottom. Remove the cookies and let them sit for 3 minutes before placing them on a cooling rack to cool completely.

  5. Repeat the above steps for the remaining two-thirds of the dough.

To make the frosting

  1. Beat the ingredients in a large mixing bowl until smooth and fluffy.

To make Mini Fruit Pizzas

  1. Place a Tablespoon of frosting into the center of each cookie. Spread out using a frosting knife.

  2. Decorate cookies using cut-up fruit. Place mini pizzas in an air-tight container and put them into the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Recipe Notes

NOTES FOR FREEZING COOKIES:

Place the unfrosted cookies onto a parchment-lined cooking sheet. Place the cookie sheet in the freezer for 30 minutes. Remove and place the frozen cookies into an air-tight freezer container or freezer bag. Cookies will store nicely in the freezer for up to 3 months. Just remove and let thaw overnight. Use to make more mini pizzas or frost and as a cookie.

The dough can also be frozen. Just place in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Remove and let the dough thaw overnight.