Fruit Pizza Recipes

Make your next dessert using one of these easy fruit pizza recipes. A favorite dessert for both children and adults.

Fruit Pizza with Apricot Preserves

Have pizza for dessert! Create a beautiful, healthy pizza made of fruit. Sweetened with cream cheese and glazed with preserves, everyone is sure to enjoy this wonderful end to a meal.

What you need:

• 1 package refrigerated pie crust
• 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Assorted fruit, such as sliced kiwi, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc.
• 1/3 cup apricot preserves

What you do:

Preheat oven to 400-degrees.

Let dough come to room temperature. Place on a nonstick 14-inch pizza pan.

Roll up edges of crust, crimping them slightly so they stay rolled up.

Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Spread over crust. Arrange fruit over cream cheese layer any way you wish.

In a small saucepan, heat preserves and brush over fruit.

Refrigerate 2 hours.

Cut into 10 wedges and serve.

If there's any left, make sure to keep it refrigerated!

*Please note that the above photo is not of this particular recipe.

Peach, Plum and Pepperoni Pizza

What you need:

• 1 12-inch pre-baked thin pizza crust OR 12-inch regular pizza crust
• 1/2 cup pasta or pizza sauce
• 1 1/4 cups shredded mozzarella OR jack cheese
• 2 small, thinly sliced fresh peaches
• 2 medium, thinly sliced fresh plums
• 2 oz. sliced pepperoni
• 1/4 cup diced green peppers (optional)

What you do:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.Spread pizza base with sauce.Sprinkle with half the cheese.Top with fruit slices and pepperoni.Sprinkle with remaining cheese and the green pepper.Bake on cookie sheet at 425 degrees for 15 minutes or until heated through.Cut into wedges.Makes 8 servings.

Plum Pizza with Apricot Preserves

What you need:

• 1 (9-inch) refrigerated pie crust
• 2/3 cup apricot preserves
• 1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
• 2 tbsp confectioners' sugar
• 4 ripe plums, pitted and thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts

What you do:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Unroll pie crust onto a large baking sheet.

Warm apricot preserves in the microwave for 30 seconds. Brush preserves all over the crust.

In a small bowl, combine ricotta cheese and confectioners' sugar. Mix well and spread mixture all over pie crust, to within 1/4-inch of the edges. Top ricotta with plum slices, making slightly overlapping rows. Sprinkle peanuts over top.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until crust and peanuts are golden brown.

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