Sugar Cookie Flag Fruit Pizza (Printable version)
Soft sugar-cookie crust with cream cheese frosting and berries arranged as a flag — festive, easy, ideal for summer.
# What You'll Need:
→ Sugar Cookie Crust
01 - 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
02 - 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
03 - 1/4 teaspoon salt
04 - 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
05 - 1 cup granulated sugar
06 - 1 large egg
07 - 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
→ Cream Cheese Frosting
08 - 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
09 - 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
10 - 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
11 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
→ Fruit Topping
12 - 1 cup blueberries
13 - 1 1/2 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced
14 - 1 cup raspberries
# Directions:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13-inch baking pan or baking sheet with parchment paper.
02 - In a large mixing bowl, beat together softened butter and granulated sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Incorporate the egg and vanilla extract, blending thoroughly.
03 - In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add dry mixture to wet mixture, mixing until a uniform dough forms.
04 - Press dough evenly into prepared pan to a 1/4-inch thickness, ensuring edges are smooth.
05 - Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until crust edges turn golden. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely in the pan.
06 - Beat softened cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add powdered sugar and vanilla, mixing to achieve a creamy consistency.
07 - Spread cream cheese frosting evenly over the entirely cooled cookie crust using a spatula.
08 - Arrange blueberries in the top left to symbolize stars. Layer sliced strawberries and raspberries in rows for the red stripes, leaving the frosting exposed for white stripes.
09 - Refrigerate the pizza for at least 30 minutes to set before slicing and serving.
# Expert advice:
01 -
- Your guests will secretly race to claim a corner smothered in cream cheese and blueberries.
- This dessert frees you from fussy pie crusts—just press, bake, and decorate as wildly as you like.
02 -
- Trying to frost a warm cookie crust will leave you with a soupy, frustrating mess to clean up—I learned that one the sticky way.
- Arranging the fruit right after frosting (while it’s still soft) keeps the toppings in place and makes neater stripes.
03 -
- Room temperature ingredients prevent lumpy frosting and crumbly dough.
- Use parchment paper under the crust for easy removal and zero sticking stress.