Fruit Pizza

      This recipe was entirely new to me.  I had never had a fruit pizza until I made one in Foods class.  A Fruit Pizza is basically a sugar cookie with cream cheese frosting and chopped up fruit arranged on top.  I thought the recipe was fairly easy, and it could be done at home with no problem.

     First off, I preheated my oven to 350 degrees.  I got out all of the ingredients and equipment needed, before I  started baking.  I made sure to get my butter and sugar in the Kitchen Aid right away.  They needed to mix for several minutes until soft and creamy.  This helped make the dough nice and smooth without any lumps.  Once the butter and sugar was done creaming I then added the eggs and the vanilla.  While everything was blending, I started to mix my dry ingredients together in a separate bowl.  These ingredients included, flour, baking soda, salt, and cream of tartar.  I then added them to the Kitchen Aid very carefully.  I made sure the setting was low, otherwise my flour mixture would have gone EVERYWHERE!  I mixed the dough until blended, making sure not to over mix.  If I were to  over mix, my dough would have ended up too thick and the baked cookie would have been very dense.  I then put my dough on an ungreased pizza pan and spread it until even.  I used a rubber scraper to spread it, instead of plastic wrap because I thought it was easier.  I then put it in the oven for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.


     While my cookie was baking, I started on my frosting.  First, I started by creaming my cream cheese until it was smooth.  I then added the vanilla and brown sugar.  Once it was nice and blended, I put it on the cookie and spread it until it was even all around.

    Once I finished my frosting, I began to cut up my fruit.  I cut up my kiwi, pineapple, oranges, apples, and strawberries.   I made sure to make the slices visually pleasing because they were the focal point on the pizza.  I made one mistake of cutting my finger while I was cutting my orange. This happened because I was in a rush to get done.  After all of my fruit was cut, I arranged them on my pizza in the way I thought was "pretty".

   I enjoyed the taste of my fruit pizza.  I thought the cookie was cooked for the right amount of time, and had a nice consistency.  The frosting was very creamy and balanced well with the cookie.  I really liked the fruit on top.  The fruit was all cut to the perfect size to pop in my mouth.  All of the elements of my fruit pizza worked and tasted well together.

Overall, I think my fruit pizza turned out very well.  I would definitely make this recipe again.