Fruit Pizza (with glaze) (2024)

This Fruit Pizza has a creamy topping, and shortbread crust, and is loaded with fresh fruit and then drizzled with an orange glaze. My Mom used to make this pizza back in the late 1980s and early 1990s and it was always a favorite. And this is the exact recipe she used to make! It's not only pretty, but it's also a nice healthy, and light dessert that's perfect for special occasions, summer cookouts, potlucks, and BBQs.

This recipe is popular during the summer and pairs well with my BBQ Beer Can Chicken or my Slow Cooker Pulled Pork on a Bun. I love it so much that it was the inspiration for my Carrot Cake Pizza.

What I love most about fruit pizza is that it's essentially a blank canvas. You can decorate it any way you want and the design possibilities are endless. It's just a really fun dessert!

🥘Ingredients

Fruit pizza is really versatile because you can use whatever fruit you prefer. You will need the following ingredients for this healthy fruit pizza recipe:

• Shortbread crust:
• 2cups all-purpose
• ½cupbrown sugar
• ¼cup powdered sugar (also known as icing sugar or confectioners sugar)
• 1cup unsalted butter
• Topping:
• 8ozcream cheese * I use light cream cheese
• ½cupsugar
• Assorted fresh fruit- I use fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, and kiwis

• Glaze:
• 3tbsp sugar
• ½tsp cornstarch
• 4tbsporange juice
• 4tbspwater

🔪Instructions

Prep:Spray a 14-inch pizza pan with non-stick cooking spray and preheat oven to 350 degrees F (176 degrees C).

Fruit pizza crust recipe (shortbread crust):

Combine butter, brown sugar, brown sugar, and powdered sugar together in a food processor.

Process on high until it clings together.

Roll out shortbread dough onto a pizza pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F (176 degrees C) until lightly browned (10-13 minutes). Cool completely (at least 10 minutes).

Topping for fruit pizza:

While the crust cools, make the cream cheese mixture.

In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese and white sugar together until smooth.

Spread the cream cheese layer onto cooled crust.

Chop your fruit.

Tip: Here is the best and easier way to peel kiwi: How to peel a kiwi with a spoon

Decorate your fruit pizza. You can decorate it any way you want.* I start with the outer edge then do the middle, and work my way in.

Keep adding a variety of fruit until you achieve the look you want.

Make glaze for fruit pizza: Whisk orange juice, water, cornstarch, and 3 tablespoon of white sugar together.

Heat on the stovetop on medium-low, whisking regularly, until thickened. *It should be the consistency of gravy.

Drizzle citrus glaze over top of pizza.

You can sprinkle coconut flakes (sweetened or unsweetened) or grate white chocolate over the top of the pizza if you desire.

Hint: I like to use a smaller pizza rolling pin (affiliate link) to roll the dough on the pizza pan.

📖Variations & Substitutions

• Butter - you can swap out salted butter if that's all you have
• Fruit - you can use any of your favorite fruits. You could also use cherries, grapes, pineapples, mandarin oranges, and mango. And if you can't get fresh, you can substitute some canned fruit (i.e. peaches). I do NOT recommend using the type of fruit that browns quickly such as bananas or apples (unless you use Cosmic crisp apples because they brown much slower)
• Crust - you could use a soft sugar cookie crust instead if you prefer. You can also use store-bought pre-made sugar cookie dough or make your own in advance. You could even use a gingerbread crust, if you prefer.
• Garnish- garnish with coconut flakes, grated white chocolate, Cool whip, or real whipped cream, if you desire.
• Glaze- instead of making glaze, you could buy a package of glaze from the grocery store.
• Fruit Pizza cookies - Make the same way, except make the dough into rolled individual cookies on a pan. You'll need to cut them out with a 3-inch cookie cutter and bake them for less time (6-8 minutes). Then decorate them individually.

🥗 Meals to serve with Fruit Pizza

Here are some great summer meals to serve with dessert fruit pizza:

• Grilled Steak Salad
• Beef on a bun
• Greek Chicken Burgers
• Grilled Chicken Ceasar Salad (shown)

🍽Equipment

👪 Serving Size

This fruit pizza recipe makes one 14-inch pizza, which is 12 servings. You can also cut the pieces a little smaller and get 16 servings. Also, you can double or triple the recipe by clicking on theblueserving number and selecting the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust.

❔ Frequently Asked Questions

If you're looking for the best summer dessert, you'll love this Fruit Pizza with Orange Glaze!

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