American Flag Fruit Pizza - A sweet sugar cookie crust topped with fluffy cream cheese frosting and fresh berries beautifully arranged to resemble the American flag.
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If you’re on the hunt for a festive dessert to celebrate the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, this American Flag Fruit Pizza is the perfect find! This patriotic fruit pizza recipe combines a soft sugar cookie crust with decadent cream cheese frosting and an array of fresh fruits to create the perfect centerpiece for your Memorial Day, 4th of July or Labor Day celebration.
Not only does this dessert include the perfect blend of sweet, fresh, and fruity ingredients all made to look like the iconic American flag, but it’s also a great way to pay tribute to any patriotic holiday. Prepare to savor every bite of this delicious red, white, and blue fruit pizza!
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If you're loving this American flag fruit pizza and are looking for more patriotic desserts to serve a crowd, try this delicious Vanilla Wafer Icebox Cake with fluffy white chocolate cream or this No-Bake Cherry Torte with a luscious cherry filling.
If you're a fan of fresh berries, try this Berries & Cream Angel Food Cake Dessert featuring fluffy cake, fresh berries and whipped cream, a Triple Berry Pavlova with crispy meringue and fresh berries, and an Easy Peasy No-Bake Cheesecake topped with strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Versatile - This recipe is perfect for multiple holidays and occasions, including Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day!
- Refreshing - Adding fresh fruit to the dessert is the perfect way to enjoy a sweet while also being nutritious and refreshing.
- Fun way to enjoy a simple recipe - Assembling the vibrant fruit into an American flag is a fun way to enjoy an otherwise simple dessert in a colorful and festive way.
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Ingredients
Gather the ingredients below to make this sweet and chewy American flag dessert pizza!
- Sugar cookie dough - Adds a perfect hint of sweetness to the recipe.
- Cream cheese - Makes the frosting slightly tangy and adds a rich sweetness to the dessert.
- Whipped topping - Fluffy, sweet, and adds a light texture to the fruit pizza.
- Fresh raspberries - Add a tart flavor to the fruit pizza and create the red flag stripes.
- Fresh strawberries - Sweet, juicy, and help create the vibrant red stripes of the flag.
- Fresh Blueberries - Create the blue corner of the flag, and are flavorful and tart.
Substitutions & Variations
- You can add a sugar cookie star in the corner on top of the blueberries if you have extra cookie dough!
- Feel free to make your own sugar cookie dough if preferred.
- Other than cream cheese frosting, you can use buttercream frosting or whipped cream.
- Other types of cookie dough that can be substituted include chocolate chip or oatmeal cookie dough.
How to Make an American Flag Fruit Pizza
Once you’ve gathered all your ingredients, preheat the oven to 375ºF and follow the steps below for a sweet patriotic treat!
- Step 1: Spread sugar cookie dough out on a greased 12-inch pizza pan. Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Allow the crust to cool.
- Step 2: In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla together.
- Step 3: Add whipped topping and beat until smooth.
- Step 4: Spread half of the cream cheese mixture evenly over top of cooled crust.
- Step 5: Create an outline around the entire pizza with blueberries.
- Step 6: Create the blue portion of the flag with the remaining blueberries and alternate rows of raspberries and chopped strawberries for the red stripes.
Put the remaining cream cheese mixture into a ziplock bag, cut a small corner, and pipe white stripes between the red ones. Finish by using a star-shaped cookie cutter to create the star. Refrigerate until serving.
Helpful Tips
- Feel free to omit or add on any other fruits of your choosing! Some other options include blackberries or sliced grapes.
- To save time on the day of serving, you can also make the crust a day ahead and store it in the refrigerator.
- Make sure you remember to soften your cream cheese before mixing it with the other ingredients!
- Press down the fruits gently on the frosting so that they stay in place.
- Use uniform-sized fruits for straighter lines on your flag and better visual appeal.
Recipe FAQs
If you don't have any fresh fruit on hand, frozen fruit can be used as well. Just be sure to thaw and drain them well before adding them to the pizza.
If you want a rectangular-shaped pizza instead of a round pizza, you can use a baking sheet instead of a pizza pan.
Cream cheese frosting is the most common choice for fruit pizza because it pairs well with the sweetness of the fruit and provides a creamy texture. However, you can also use whipped cream or a vanilla pudding-based frosting.
To prevent the crust from getting soggy, make sure to cool the crust completely before adding the toppings. The cream cheese frosting also acts as a barrier to moisture when it's added before the fruit.
You can typically make a fruit pizza a few hours in advance of serving. Just remember to keep it refrigerated!
You can slice your fruit pizza into squares or wedges, it’s completely up to you! If someone wants certain fruits on their slice, you can add some more on top after slicing.
Storage & Freezing Instructions
Storage Instructions
This dessert pizza can be stored in the refrigerator for up to two days, but it is best if eaten within the first day of making it.
Freezing Instructions
While it's not recommended to freeze a fruit pizza, you can freeze the frosting and sugar cookie crust separately.
The crust should last 2-3 months in the freezer when wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and placed in an airtight container. The cream cheese frosting can be stored for 1-2 months in an airtight container, and then thawed in the refrigerator overnight before using.
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American Flag Fruit Pizza
Ingredients
- 16.5 ounce tube refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 8 ounces whipped topping
- 2 cups fresh raspberries
- 2 cups chopped fresh strawberries
- 2 cups blueberries
- 1 ½- inch slice fresh pineapple (for garnish)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- Spread sugar cookie dough out on a greased 12-inch pizza pan.
- Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Allow crust to cool.
- In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla together.
- Add whipped topping and beat until smooth.
- Spread half of cream cheese mixture evenly over top of cooled crust.
- Create an outline around the entire pizza with blueberries.
- Next, create the blue portion of the flag with the remaining blueberries.
- Create the red stripes by alternating rows of raspberries and chopped strawberries.
- Finally, place remaining cream cheese mixture in a gallon-size ziplock bag. Cut a small corner of the bag off and pipe the white stripes in between the red stripes.
- Finish by using a star-shaped cookie cutter to create the star. Refrigerate until serving.
Notes
- Feel free to omit or add on any other fruits of your choosing! Some other options include blackberries or sliced grapes.
- To save time on the day of serving, you can also make the crust a day ahead and store it in the refrigerator.
- Make sure you remember to soften your cream cheese before mixing it with the other ingredients!
- Press down the fruits gently on the frosting so that they stay in place.
- Use uniform-sized fruits for straighter lines on your flag and better visual appeal.
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