summer season is bursting with all of the beautiful and colorful ripe and juicy fruits. tropical fruits like kiwi and mango, seasonal fresh berries and the sweetest texas peaches yearn to be put on display. I’ve utilized a gf sugar cookie shortcut made with cleaner ingredients to make the most adorable and delicious mini fruit pizza cookies. assemble with your entire family and serve during summer cookouts- they will disappear so quickly.
the inspiration:
I saw a large sheet pan sugar cookie fruit pizza and it had me thinking. how can we make these with more nourishing ingredients and easier for little hands to enjoy? I used convenient frozen gf browned butter sugar cookies. I also added a white “frosting” made with creme fraiche, fresh lemon, honey and a pinch of salt. add your favorite sliced fruits and you are ready to go!
mini fruit pizza cookies ingredients:
- sugar cookie dough: I use this brand to keep the recipe gluten-free with cleaner ingredients.
- fresh fruit: use whatever you like! we used fresh sliced peaches, kiwi, fresh berries and cherries.
- creme fraiche: a think and rich cultured cream originating in France. it has a slight tang which pairs lovely with the sweet cookies and fruit.
- fresh lemon: fresh lemon zest brightens the white icing.
- honey: adds a touch of floral sweetness to the icing.
- a pinch of salt: always add salt to sweets- a sprinkling of salt finishes the icing.
how to serve:
these mini fruit pizza cookies are fabulous served alone but also can be paired with a delicious entertaining meal. here are a few fun combinations:
- backyard bbq: serve my simple burger bar with fixings, my truffled plum & burrata salad and my mini fruit pizza cookies.
- baby shower: serve my nicoise style tuna salad with crostinis, my curried chicken salad with apricots on croissants and my fruit pizza cookies.
- poolside: serve my summertime beef picadillo with my orange peel guacamole, chips and my poolside grilled corn & blueberry salad along with the fruit pizza cookies.
- sunday supper: serve my beef kofta bowls with tzatziki with my greek salad with pistachios and the fruit pizza cookies.
Mini Fruit Pizza Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 bag of Cappello's frozen GF Brown Butter Sugar Cookies or 12 slices of sugar cookie dough of your choosing
- 2 cups assorted sliced fresh fruit I used berries, kiwi, peaches and cherries.
White Frosting:
- ½ cup creme fraiche
- 1 teaspoon honey
- a sprinkling of good salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Instructions
- Bake cookies according to package directions. Make sure they are completely cooled before icing and decorating.
- While cookies are cooling, slice your desired fruit and make the white frosting.
- In a small bowl, combine the white frosting ingredients until smooth. Chill until cookies are ready to decorate.
- Ice each cookie individually with white frosting. Finish by adding fresh sliced fruit atop. I like to chill these a bit before serving. You can also make them up to 1 day before and let chill overnight before serving. Enjoy!
