Gluten Free Fruit Pizza is a fun and delicious dessert for any and all occasions.

While I love to enjoy it in the Summertime (think Fourth of July) to take advantage of all the fresh berries and fruits, it also makes for a great dessert to bring to family gatherings and holiday parties virtually any other time of the year. Basically no matter where or when you bring this dish, people will devour it.

Soft and chewy gluten free sugar cookies are topped with a creamy chilled cream cheese frosting and fresh fruit.

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What is a Fruit Pizza?

Only one of the most amazing, underrated desserts!

There's nothing "pizza" about it except for the layers that make up this yummy cookie dessert.

We have:

Sugar cookie crust (gluten-free, of course)
Cream cheese frosting
Fresh fruit toppings

Fruit pizza is usually shaped into one giant circle (a giant cookie) and cut into triangle slices like a pizza. This recipe makes individual cookies (miniature fruit pizzas) simply because it's cute and easy. Feel free to form the cookie dough into one giant circle if you want.

These gluten free sugar cookies are so good that guests will have no clue it's gluten-free. It has a nice crispy exterior, but the inside stays amazingly soft and chewy. They have a traditional buttery, sugary taste and come out thick (no paper-thin sugar cookies here). Seriously, this cookie tastes amazing all on its own and you will want to make them again.

Gluten Free Fruit Pizza by Wonders of Cooking food blog

Gluten Free Fruit Pizza Ingredients:

For the Gluten Free Sugar Cookie Crust:

High quality gluten-free all purpose flour containing xanthan gum. I used Bob's Red Mill GF 1:1 Baking Flour.
Granulated sugar
Unsalted butter
Egg
Pure vanilla extract
Baking powder
Salt

For the Cream Cheese Frosting:

Cream cheese
Powdered sugar
Pure vanilla extract
Freshly-squeezed lemon juice. This adds a really nice tang to cut the sweetness of the fruit pizza.

Assorted Fruit Topping:

Feel free to swap in your favorite combination of fruits.

Peach
Blueberries
Raspberries

How to Make Gluten Free Fruit Pizza:

For the Sugar Cookie Crust:

Preheat the oven to 375 F. Grease two cookie sheets with some butter or nonstick cooking spray, or use a reusable silicone mat. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, cream the cubed butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until smooth.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, and salt). Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in intervals until fully incorporated.
Allow the batter to rest for 10 minutes.
Using a cookie scoop, scoop heaping tablespoons of batter (about 1 ½ - 2 tbsp) onto the cookie sheets, spacing about two inches apart from each other and the sides of the pan.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned around the edges and set in the middle. Remove and cool for 5 minutes before removing the cookies to a wire cooling rack. Allow the sugar cookies to cool completely before icing.

For the Cream Cheese Icing:

Once the cookies are cooled completely, add the cream cheese to a large mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer. Beat for one minute, until smooth and fluffy.
Add in the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and freshly-squeezed lemon juice. Beat until fully combined.
Frost the tops of the cookies. Alternatively, you can make the icing and then store in the refrigerator until ready to frost. You can use a piping bag or make your own by spooning the icing into a plastic bag, scraping it to one side, and then cutting a small hole in the corner. You can always use a small knife over the iced cookies to smooth over any imperfections.
To top: Lightly press the fresh fruit into the icing to secure it in place.

Gluten Free Fruit Pizza Notes:

Great fruit additions: sliced kiwi, sliced strawberries, mandarin oranges, sliced red grapes, mango, blackberries, and sliced banana.
Making for the Fourth of July? Use only red and blue fruits (the white comes from the frosting!)
Use a piping bag to frost your cookies. If you don't have a piping bag, you can use the trick of spooning your icing into a Ziploc bag, pushing it all to one corner, and then cut the tip. If it comes out a little messy, you can use a small cheese knife to smooth over the icing. It's getting covered in fruit either way, so don't feel like you have to make it perfect.

Equipment

You only need basic kitchen tools to make Gluten Free Fruit Pizza. I recommend:

A large cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat
A piping bag and piping tips
A cookie scoop makes scooping the cookies a breeze
An electric handheld mixer or stand mixer to speed things up and get the butter incorporated
A wire cooling rack

How to Store Gluten Free Fruit Pizza:

Store cookie pizza in a single layer on a cookie sheet or covered Tupperware. Refrigerate immediately and eat within 3 days.

Over time, red fruits will bleed into the icing. It's best to make this the same day or night before a party or gathering.

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Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 20

Resting Time: 10

Total Time: 1

Yield: mini fruit pizzas

Delicious and easy gluten free sugar cookie topped with homemade cream cheese frosting and fresh cut fruit. The perfect Fourth of July dessert.

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