Fruit pizza is a dessert I made years ago before going gluten free. It was a favorite dessert for both me and my husband. Of course, back then it contained gluten and dairy.
When I saw Diane’s theme for this month’s Go Ahead Honey, It’s Gluten Free carnival was It All Ends Here—anything you would serve at the end of a meal, I knew right away that I wanted to recreate this desert to be gluten and dairy free.
If you can eat dairy, I’m also going to list that option. The original version used cream cheese and it was really was good. I chose to substitute the cream cheese with coconut milk yogurt.
Yield:
Fruit Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 recipe [sugar cookie dough
- 8 ounces vanilla coconut milk yogurt (or 8 oz. cream cheese + 1/4 c. sugar + 1/2 tsp. vanilla)
- Fresh fruit and berries
Instructions
- Prepare the sugar cookie dough according to directions and chill.
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Using a rolling pin and/or your hands, press the dough onto a 12 inch pizza pan.
- Bake for 15 – 20 minutes until light golden brown.
- Cool completely, at least 30 minutes.
- Wash and cut a variety of fruits and berries.
- Spread the yogurt over the cookie crust. If using cream cheese, beat it together with the sugar and vanilla, then spread on the crust.
- Place the fruit on top of the yogurt in a decorative pattern.
That is stunning, Linda! I’m so glad you figured out an easy way to make it dairy free, too. 🙂 GREAT submission for GAHIGF!
Shirley
I LOVE the way you decorated your cookie! It is just beautiful! I am sure it is as delicious as it looks. My son would love this, too.
That looks incredible! I wish it was vegan so I could eat it!
Linda,
That is one beautiful looking dessert. With all the fresh fruit available now, its a perfect time to make it. This one is definetely on my list to try.
A work of art! I bet it’s yummy too.
i followed the recipe to the T but my cookie crust cracked all over during baking :(……not sure what went wrong!
I’m sorry it didn’t work well for you! It sounds like it might have been too dry. Try adding more milk to the recipe.
My friend is allergic to gluten, I just want to make sure this is for sure ok for her
As long as gluten-free ingredients are used it is fine. If you’re unsure about something, ask your friend.
Where can I get the recipe for gluten free cookie dough used in this recipe?
I link to two different sugar cookie recipes in the fruit pizza recipe. Click on the green underlined text.
I have a Fruit Pizza recipe I found about fifteen years or more ago on a kids Halloween website. It was called Freaky Fruit Pizza. It is nowhere to be found now. It had the most incredible glaze. It was not dairy free, but could probably be adapted. I would use gluten free sugar cookie dough too. I hope I can find it. My old computer crashed, taking with it my favorite tried and true recipes.
If I can locate it, I will share because it was the most delicious thing ever.
Diane, I saw your comment where you found and provided the recipe. Although it can no longer be found online does not mean the author hasn’t published it in a book. I simply don’t feel comfortable publishing someone else’s possibly copyrighted content here. Thanks anyway.
I’m going to try this but use the soya dairy free cream cheese. It can be purchased where I buy dairy free coconut Yogurt.
Should be good. My daughters going to be excited…. Finally a dessert she can be part of eating. Gluten/dairy/cafine free…..thanks